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Tips For Your First Flight
Tips for Flying the Taildragger Configuration:
1. Because the motor on this design is mounted high, above the aircraft’s wing,
you may experience a downward pitching moment if you advance the throttle
too quickly. The thrust angle of the motor and the shape of the horizontal
stabilizer are designed to minimize this affect, but that is only once the aircraft
has picked up sufficiant airspeed. On takeoff, advance the throttle slowly while
holding slight up elevator to keep the tail down. As the aicraft picks up speed,
ease-off of the up elevator until the aircraft’s tail naturally rises, then pull up
elevator slowly until the aircaft is airborne.
2. Landing the taildragger configuration can be a bit trickier than the tricycle
gear version. I recommend carrying a bit more speed during the landing
approach and greasing the aircraft in on it’s main gear, rather than slowing to
a 3-point landing.
