Tri or tail?

[Daverv6a]

Hi Steve, I am glad to see that you are keeping busy. Please check your private messages.

David Ahrens

[yakdriver]

Originally Posted by L.Adamson

I'm getting tired of this................and will change my previous answer....to convert to a nose gear..

Other than that, it's again being practical. The "other" thread relating tailwheel accidents due to lack of visibility is a good example.

I personally know two pilots who ended up cramming a Pitts S2B into a aircraft towing tractor because the tractor ran out of gas at the wrong time, with a blinding setting sun behind it. This aided in my decision to finally go with the nosewheel, where visability is improved.

Now, other than that, RV8's must be taildraggers for WWII markings. It's the only reason I can thing of..

Apparently RV taildraggers are not that hard to fly, so the RV TD pilots aren't really macho enough! They don't behave badly enough, and are easier to see over the nose..

And lastly, REAL taildraggers are meant for bush type flying along with tundra tires. This is where taildraggers are truely practical. If you don't dare take your RV into those type of conditions, then get a REAL taildragger!...

L.Adamson --- RV6A

I guess with this philosophy I would never have flown a Pitts or a T-6 or a Mustang or a TBM or a Stearman etc, etc. The big secret is that none of these airplane are particularly hard to fly they just take a little training. Also I would rather take a severe beating rather than install the gear mounts and wing bolts in a tri gear 6. Don

[Steve Barnes]

Thanx guys, I think I'll build the 6 like GOD (Van) intended, before man got involved with switching things around. A tail wheel it will be.

[L.Adamson]

Originally Posted by yakdriver

Also I would rather take a severe beating rather than install the gear mounts and wing bolts in a tri gear 6. Don

I don't care to do it again..........either..

L.Adamson