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Guy Buchanan

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Location: Ramona, CA

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Kitfox III right gear leg, hub and wheel

At 06:49 PM 5/20/2008, you wrote:

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		  My first high speed taxi run.....it got away from me.

It started to fish tail and and I must have pushed too hard on one pedal.


	


         The only really useful piece of advice I got on high speed 

taildragger work was to never press and hold a rudder pedal, but 

rather to stab at it, look at the results, then stab again as 

necessary. This tends to keep you away from pilot induced 

oscillation, since your response frequency is much higher with the 

stab than with the push and hold. As you get better the stabs get 

smoother and may eventually disappear altogether, but I find I still 

do it for major excursions.

Guy Buchanan

San Diego, CA

K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.

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A glider pilot too.

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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: Kitfox III right gear leg, hub and wheel

Agree with Guy,



Don't sit still with the feet until the plane start to swing, then you are 

to late. Let the feet dance on the pedals in small steps, be aware of torque 

and P-effect and gyro effect when rising the tail. stay a head of plane.



Jan

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brucejolene(at)iowateleco
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: Kitfox III right gear leg, hub and wheel

Sounds like real good advice.  I watched a video but that was not mentioned.

It spent more time talking about what to do on approach with crosswinds. 

I plan to spend my next hours with an taildragger instructor.



Thanks for your help.



Bruce



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brucejolene(at)iowateleco
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: Kitfox III right gear leg, hub and wheel

I suspect torque and P factor are what took me off course and then I  over 

corrected.



Bruce

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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Kitfox III right gear leg, hub and wheel

Bruce, I'm no expert, I got my liscence in my fox  last fall. On run up on asphalt, go to half throttle, get tail up, keep it  strait, then firewall the throttle.  On grass I go full throttle before the  tail is up. Just remember to cover that rt rudder till you track the centerline.  Steve Bennett  4 classic speedwing 912



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