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Conventional Gear: Flying a Taildragger (General Aviation Reading series) | 
 enlarge | Author: David Robson
Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $12.25
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 221431
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 220
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1560274603
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.1325243
EAN: 9781560274605
ASIN: 1560274603
Publication Date: October 1, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW
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Product Description
“Conventional gear” refers to the traditional configuration of an airplane’s landing gear with a wheel mounted on the very tail of the craft. Focusing on teaching pilots to overcome some of the difficulties of taildragger aircraft, this guide teaches critical skills for controlling the plane on takeoff, landing without bouncing the aircraft, and handling the craft on the ground. In addition to the theory and dynamics and the piloting techniques for tailwheel planes, information is also supplied on the specific handling characteristics of many popular tailwheel aircraft such as the Cessna 185 Skywagon, the Piper Pawnee, and the De Havilland D.H.82 Tiger Moth.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Conventional Gear: Flying A Taildragger May 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Only a small portion of this book pertains to "Flying a Taildragger". Most of the book is of a general nature that is not taildragger specific, therefore, I feel the title is misleading. If the reader is looking for a thorough intro into the operation of conventional gear aircraft, look elsewhere, you will not find it here. Based on the title, this book is a waste of money.
 A very useful guide do flight simulator simmers September 3, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I do not have a taildragger plane. I am just a flight simulator entusiast. The book show us how to fly some flight simulator taildragger planes. If it is a very helpfull book to a simulation software, for a real plane it will be better !
 Basic infomation for tailwheel transition July 16, 2005
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I purchased this book from ASA in 2004 to prepare for tailwheel transition training. The text covers basic techniques applicable to any airplane but the most useful chapter covers Ground and Flight Dynamics (Chapter 2) that impact a tailwheel airplane. I felt that the book was rather "thin" and was padded by adding 90 pages discussing "different" taildraggers, usually rare and unique ones. The cover photo shows a beautiful Ryan WWII trainer but does not discuss this aircraft at all. Most US pilots I know would prefer to have a basic discussion of common types of tailwheel aircraft available to them, especially the kit-built experimentals such as the RV series. I received my tailwheel endorsement in 3.5 hours in an Aeronca 7AC (85 HP) but also received my ASES certificate in 4.0 hours in a Piper PA18-180 on EDO 2250 floats. My tailwheel flight instructor thoroughly reviewed Flight and Ground Dynamics in my first lesson with her. My reading this book prior to my first lesson at least allowed me to be able to verbalize to her my understanding of the concepts she was discussing. Rather than keep the book in my aviation library, I have lent it out to friends who have transitioned to tailwheel training who thought it useful. I currently fly a Taylorcraft BC12-D (65 HP) which handles differently than the Aeronca 7AC on landing. A discussion on these differences in comonly available aircraft would have been very useful.
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