I had a Cessna 185 for a long time ---it had a tendency to be much like a wife
or girl friend--she would check me out on nearly every landing---just to see if
I was paying attention to her and--- not takin' HER for granted--- if you were
paying attention -- little inputs early would keep her from getting bent out of
shape--if not then nearly nothing worked but a whole lot of differential
braking---this may be the clue---very small inputs very early---otherwise
nothing can much help when the mass in relation to the CG has much
momentem--sparky
>
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> Date: 2003/10/02 Thu AM 05:53:33 CDT
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Rear Wheel Steering
>
> The Apache is a tail dragger on the ground... and frankly it's not that
> hard to drive around.... except seeing of course which is the primary bitch
> about the whole tail dragger gig...
>
> Beauty of a Helicopter is that if things get iffy... you simply pick it up
> and turn it and then put it back on the ground... oh to the world of three
> dimensions...
>
> K
>
"Sparky"
Lakester 2211
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