Ground loop vs Bent nose wheel

[RV7AV8R]

Originally Posted by N427EF

It's unlikely that anyone is going to admit to a ground loop on a public forum.
After all, you cannot blame the tail wheel design for a ground loop incident.
Personally I know of 2 bent main gears due to the fact that the tail wheel wanted to be up front upon landing.

There is no publication of how anyone votes or even if they vote so no way to be embarrased. About 100 have voted, about 800 have viewed. The more that vote, the more useful the data. I am assuming pilots are honest so it should be useful for what it is.

[ExtraKatana]

What are the difference in premium differences when comparing conventional gear vs. Nose Wheel with the insurance companies ??

[Sid Lambert]

Originally Posted by ExtraKatana

What are the difference in premium differences when comparing conventional gear vs. Nose Wheel with the insurance companies ??

None .............................

[DanWright]

Originally Posted by Sunriver Ken

What do you think the number would be if you asked Cessna, Piper or Beechcraft owners the same question? My guess is less than 1%.

A better group would be Grumman AA series pilots. As one who has flown them for many years...never a problem. Then again, though admittedly with much fewer hours, I have never ground looped a tail dragger (yet).

[Bevan]

Originally Posted by RV7AV8R

Many are looking at this Poll and not voting, why?

Because many are still building and not yet flying an RV, and/or trying to decide if there's any useful info here to decide which to build, and/or to validate a choice already made. Others?

Basically there's no box to check for my situation, and yet I have viewed this thread twice already.

Bevan
RV7A wiring (coming along nicely)

[whitewulfe]

Originally Posted by RV7AV8R

Many are looking at this Poll and not voting, why? We are not tracking who votes how so there is nothing to be worried or embarrassed about. Of course, don't vote if you are not flying yet. It is interesting how rare these events are!

I look as I'm curious as to what people have been saying, and haven't replied as I have not yet had a chance to work on my PPL yet.

[Alan Carroll]

An interesting poll even if not perfectly accurate (are these polls ever?). Although it doesn't incorporate hours flown, the question of simple occurrence is reasonable to ask. If I ground loop my airplane I'm not going to care how many hours of cross-country passed before I did so.

[John R. Graham]

I can't vote because my RV-7 is way away from being finished, but virtually all my time is in conventional gear: Cessna 170B with a sprinkling of Citabria and Cub time. No ground loops. A fair amount of my 170 time is off of a grass strip, too.

- John

[Sam Buchanan]

I've looked a couple of times but can't figure out how this poll would yield any useful info............but you did get me to look.

[RV7AV8R]

Originally Posted by Sam Buchanan

I've looked a couple of times but can't figure out how this poll would yield any useful info............but you did get me to look.

The opinions about which is "better" are usually strongly held and verbalized often. Usually the fear of a TD is the ground loop and the current fear of a NG is bending the gear etc. Other than opinions there isn't much data that a new builder can use to help make a decision. It occurred to me that those of us flying have the data in our collective experience. I hope it is useful, but I find it interesting also. I don't know anyone who has ground looped an RV and wondered how real that fear was, this gave me the idea of the poll.
Note that the percents shown are confusing and not too useful, you have to look at the two groups independently to get proper percents of respondants.