Here is what I did when I was trying to learn wheel landings in my Cessna 170B. On every takeoff, I'd pushed the nose down to keep it on the ground and centerline for most of the length of the runway before taking off. I even learned to reduce power and "cruise" the centerline then add power and go around for another. I would land 3 points then repeat the "cruise" down the centerline. Soon, I felt comfortable pushing that nose down and keeping my tail up during landing. Another trick to keep the nose from suddenly going right is when you have your wheels on the ground, slowly reduce the throttle instead of a sudden reduction of power. That's because your nose will go right suddenly if you yank off the power and you'll have to correct quickly. Why add that to an already touchy landing. Wait till you start learning X-wind landings, that's when the fun really starts. Good luck.

That thing is downright beautiful!

At 16yrs old I learn how to fly in a Luscombe in Argentina. Grass runway, often to land we had do a flyover first to scatter the cows out of the way. Worst part after landing... I was in charge of cleaning the cow dung splashed on fuselage, wings and undercarriage. Small price to pay for all the fun though.

Hey, nice Silvaire. I owned mine for almost 20 years. A '47 8E "Deluxe" with C85 and 15 gallon tanks. I was a new private pilot with a very fresh tail wheel checkout when I adopted 47X. spent over 500 hours in that left seat including a coast to coast and return flight. In that interval I spent 2+ years based at Santa Fe NM flying out of high elevation strips. Just a wonderful airplane that really taught me how to fly.

Beautiful Luscombe... we have one just like it at KANP. Your first landing was impressive; it appeared to be a perfect 3 pointer... which is what you u always strive for. Once in 1968, a CFI told me, "you always fly the tail first, then the wings"... think about that. On take off, you add power, then you fly the tail first by pushing the stick forward to get that tail off the ground. That act will also decrease your AOA and cause your mains to leave the earth, with little to no back pressure. On landing, don't pump the stick back and forth trying to force the mains or tail on the ground... instead, just maintain a stable attitude and hold it off, 3 inches above the ground, for as long as possible, stick FULL BACK, trying to land long, and she will settle into a perfect 3 pointer every time (if there is no crosswind). Let me know how that works for you. My Dad & I both had "3 Time": him in a DC-3 and me in a J-3... many years ago. BTW, I was very impressed with your Cessna detailing video.

Beautiful airplane!

Really enjoying this series!

That is one beautiful aircraft!

Looking forward to seeing the polishing process on this. Also you're getting much better!

Finally had time to watch the video. Landings are getting so much better, and that farm airstrip is absolutely beautiful place. Kind of makes me wish I didn't live in an area with "no-fly-zone". Would be cool to have small airstrip in the back yard one day.

Well Done!!

Pretty plane

Looking good. Somebody made an excellent fuel dipstick in passenger door pocket. Ha.

Fantastic vid. I'm 40 hours in on both tailwheel and my Luscombe. 150 landings later, I'm still working on maintaining centerline upon landing.

I hadn't seen your videos for a while, and it's great to see that you've got yourself a flying machine! (I'm just about to try putting on a ceramic coat on my cub type machine). Your landings are looking good, I see you mention your hesitancy to push forward on the stick when taking off. If you ever look how high you need to get the tail to strike the prop, you'll see you're unlikely to get that far nose down in normal operations. For visibility in mine, I go full stick forwards as soon as I'm rolling to get the tail up and so that I can see where I'm going, It feels unnatural at first but you'll soon get used to it. Also I'm based at a one way hill strip, I agree it is a different sight picture initially, but it's amazing how you get used to it, then you find wide long flat runways confusing.

Wheel landings require way more speed to keep elevator authority and the tail up. Try keeping power and touch mains at 50 to 55mph and as soon as they touch stick forward which plants them and keeps tail up. As soon as mains touch you are going to have to give it right rudder because of pfactor and torque now that plane is on ground. Then just ride it at with tail up and add full power to go around or bring power back and keep moving stick forwars to keep tail up. Once it slows down enough tail will drop then stick full aft.

Thanks for the video. 65hp?

Great video- my only comment is to EASE the throttle in - don't jam it 6:35.

Make sure you make a video of the polishing project. A “how to” would be great!

2:33 you gave me a heart attack

What’s your IAS when cruising at 2000rpm?

where are you getting the vinyl stickers made?

What tail wheel are you using on your Luscombe?

Why not use some flaps?