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z601(at)anemicaardvark.co
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: taildragger

I checked the archives, and perhaps the questions were just asked a long time 

ago, because I did not find an answer. 



What weight impact does going from the nose wheel to the tail dragger have? 

How difficult is the tail wheel configuration to fly/land when compared to 

say, a J3? Does anyone have a rough guess as to how many tail wheel versions 

have been built vs the nose wheel? 

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leo(at)zuehlfield.com
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: taildragger

Jim,  My 601HDS taildragger is easier to land than the J3 I owned many 

moons ago.  The rudder seems to have more authority and the shorter wing 

makes cross wind landings a piece of cake.  Weight wise my guess is 20 

lbs. lighter for the taildragger, just because of the smaller wheel/tire 

and nose gear structure.



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Jim Belcher wrote:

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 I checked the archives, and perhaps the questions were just asked a long time 

 ago, because I did not find an answer. 



 What weight impact does going from the nose wheel to the tail dragger have? 

 How difficult is the tail wheel configuration to fly/land when compared to 

 say, a J3? Does anyone have a rough guess as to how many tail wheel versions 

 have been built vs the nose wheel?

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hills(at)sunflower.com
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:40 am Post subject: taildragger

Jim;



Mostly it impacts your wallet. Have you ever tried to sell a tail dragger

in this tri-gear world? I would say it would knock 25% of the  value of

the plane, and reduce your interested buyers by 80%



Roger



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dalemed

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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: taildragger

 	  z601(at)anemicaardvark.co wrote: 	
		  I checked the archives, and perhaps the questions were just asked a long time 

ago, because I did not find an answer. 



What weight impact does going from the nose wheel to the tail dragger have? 

How difficult is the tail wheel configuration to fly/land when compared to 

say, a J3? Does anyone have a rough guess as to how many tail wheel versions 

have been built vs the nose wheel? 

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                         Jim B Belcher

    BS, MS Physics, Math, Computer Science

                             A&P/IA

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Jim,

I'm glad you asked this question and I hope you get some answers.



I'm building a 601XL and, at this time, I'm planning on building the TD version.  I think it looks better.  Also, I've never owned anything but taildraggers (a Taylorcraft BC12D, Cessna 140 and currently a Cessna 170).



I talked to a guy at the Zenith dinner at Oshkosh who recently flew his 601 TD for the first time.  He says I should consider getting some time in a short coupled TD (like a Pitts!!) before flying my 601.  He says the rudder is much more sensitive on the the 601 than on the planes I've been flying.  He thinks this is partly due to the fact that the rudder peddles don't have the loading of the nose wheel so it takes very little pressure on the peddles to deflect the rudder.



I hope we can get some comments from TD flyers on this forum.  



Dale

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