Duncan & Ami McFadyean a crit :
> Not necessarily.
> The tri gear can be steered only by its rudder and mainwheel brakes.
> The fixed taildragger can elect also to keep its tailwheel on the
> ground for additional steering effect, until the rudder is fully
> effective.
> At which point the fixed taildragger can raise its tail to a position
> that keeps the mainwheels firmly on the ground; whereas a tri gear
> would wheelbarrow if this is to be tried.
> The crosswind limitation of the TD is probably therefore higher than
> the trigear, for a given level of pilot familiarity.
Duncan,
I suppose you are talking about Europa models, which I never flew.
Nevertheless, I recently had to cancel flights on a taildragger in a
27/G40 kt wind whereas I had no problems taxiing with the nosewheel
counterpart.
Also, on 9 th of August, while taking off Duxford with only circa 18/20
kt from the left, the wind was being strongly felt while it usually
poses no problem in a nosewheel aircraftt.
BTW, how come we were the *only* visiting airplane on this "taildragger
and Robin" bonus day ? I was hoping to see some British Europas.
Maybe is it the fact that we had to cross the Channel on our way back at
600 ft in rain ?
Best regards,
--
Gilles
http://contrails.free.fr
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