Wheel Landings in a Tailwheel Cub

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8 жыл бұрын

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A nice 3-point, full-stall landing on a calm day is a wonderful thing in a tailwheel airplane; but if there's a crosswind and runway length is not a factor, you will want to perform a wheel landing in most tailwheel airplanes. Slow descent, power to keep the tail up and stick forward after you kiss the mains on the runway. I give you a taste of what wheelers are all about in this 5-Minute Fly The Wing Flight Maneuver video, in an American Legend Cub.
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@otiebrown9999 2 жыл бұрын

Good memories doing it!

@COMtnPilot Жыл бұрын

Miss your vids Gary!

@fossilpilot 8 жыл бұрын

Yes, great information on the Wheel landings. A 3-pointer is a wonderful thing on a calm day. I remember in the plains of Texas we had one of those days in 2003!

@BlueSky-qv7cd 8 жыл бұрын

I owned an F-19 Taylorcraft in 1986, N2003L, in north TX where the wind always blows. The old school aviators who I was around, all WW2 pilots, always said a good full stall landing was worth a dozen wheel landings, and in the 600 hrs I logged in the T-craft I learned they were right. If a gust of wind hits you during the transition from tail up to tail down the plane will weathervane into the wind, even locking up the opposite brake won't keep you on the runway, Ive experienced it several times, luckily I got stopped before going through any fences. The best technique for gusty cross winds is a full stall 2 point touch down with the wing low, main gear facing into the wind and tailwheel touching down at the same time. If the wind is blowing to hard for that, never be afraid of using the width of the runway to land, after letting several friends fly my T-craft I realized that people gravitate towards wheel landings because of the better forward visibility and the sense of more control the higher speed gives them, but wheel landings are definitely not the way to go in GUSTY cross winds, at least not the type of wind we get in north TX.

@afterburner2869 5 жыл бұрын

I love the J3. It’s true stick and rudder flying at its finest!

@mikelong9638 2 жыл бұрын

Still working on this Gary. I think this video will help.

@locustvalleystring 3 жыл бұрын

Working on wheel landings on grass now in a J3c-65. Very informative video. Thanks for sharing.

@dredger9mm 7 жыл бұрын

My new favorite channel. Awesome teaching, Garry. Thanks.

@billr3207 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the wheel landing training.

@wynandueckermann5018 6 жыл бұрын

great control, with a lot of practice I hope to be there one day

@jcldano 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video and tips!

@flyinhawaiian5848 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!

@scarybaldguy 3 жыл бұрын

Intellectually, I know the prop won't hit. Viscerally, when the center stripe fills the windscreen and it feels like tipping over, is something entirely else.

@markjohnson8736 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us along. Great camera 👍 placement. I just subscribed .

@afterburner2869 5 жыл бұрын

Love the short final.

@DustyCowdog 7 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@manoloaviation8609 5 жыл бұрын

Great 5 min videos

@mikelong9638 2 жыл бұрын

Working on this now Gary. I think this will help.

@ScottWoodland 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you. despite having a great CFI get me through Tailwheel transition I don't think I ever fully got the wait for the tail to drop part of the wheel landings. In fact, I think I'm overdue for to tailwheel time :)