All transitioned now!

Thermos · Post by **Thermos** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:51 am

captain_john wrote:Should I be wearing some kind of mask when I paint these things?

Nah. If you don't wear a mask, all the paint gnomes and fairies will come to help and you'll be done that much quicker.

Dave

Wicked Stick · Post by **Wicked Stick** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:24 am

svanarts wrote: I'm a big fan of 3 pointers. I can count the number of times I've wheel landed on one hand. That's just my thing. I want to be going as slow as possible if something bad is going to happen on the ground. Everybody has their own way and their own reasons.

Svanarts,

Does your 4 have the tall gear or the short gear ?

I kind of like the short gear for over the nose visibility during taxi and landing. I do hear the tall gear is a little easier to wheel land.

But I agree with you and others comments with regards to 3 pointing most of the time.

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:32 am

tshort wrote:Sounds like my tailwheel CFI ... he recommends only 3 pointers in any situation. He's gonna teach wheel landings, but only because he has to. His argument is the same - he wants to be as slow as possible when touching down. He has 1000's of hours in TW airplanes and comfortably flies his C-140 and RV-6 in some pretty good x-wind conditions.
Hopefully someday I'll be as good a stick as he is ... I'm sure the 170 will teach me a thing or two (as will the -8 )

Thomas
-8 wings

Well, it was my very own tailwheel CFI that taught me that. Echoed by another guy who'd only ever flown Piper Cubs since he soloed at 14 way back in the 30's. Still flying Cubs today. I try to listen to those old guys. They know a thing or two.

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:37 am

Wicked Stick wrote:
svanarts wrote: I'm a big fan of 3 pointers. I can count the number of times I've wheel landed on one hand. That's just my thing. I want to be going as slow as possible if something bad is going to happen on the ground. Everybody has their own way and their own reasons.
Svanarts,

Does your 4 have the tall gear or the short gear ?

I kind of like the short gear for over the nose visibility during taxi and landing. I do hear the tall gear is a little easier to wheel land.

But I agree with you and others comments with regards to 3 pointing most of the time.

I have the longer gear and I'm a shorter fellow. Standing a towering 5'3" I can't see the runway unless I'm leaning my head against the side of the canopy. Once she rotates I have a great view. Same for landing. I've just gotten used to using my peripheral vision for landing and losing sight of the runway when the tailwheel first touches down. Once the mains settle in then I can lean to the side and get an idea of what's in front.

I don't mind though. It's getting me ready to transition into that Stearman I can't afford.