First let me say Merry Christmas to everyone.
I’m a new guy looking at an RV to purchase.
My personal, preference is conventional gear, well because a nose wheel is unconventional, and I have way more tailwheel time than tricycle gear. however at looking at used RV’s for sale it seems there are more nose draggers for sale than tail wheels.
So I got to looking, even though I prefer the little wheel behind me, there is nothing wrong with it up front and honestly when it’s a gusty crosswind, I’m not so stressed on short final is a tricycle airplane. So for the right price, and the right airplane, I can overlook where the steering wheel is.
But as I am beginning my learning process in educating myself about the RV world, it seems that there have been a large number of nose gear collapses, and when they do collapse it seems they almost always go over on their back, with serious consequences.
So I’m not at all wanting to start an argument about something that has likely has been beaten to death already, before my time.
But has this seemingly high incidence of accidents affected resale? Is this why so many nose draggers seem to be for sale?
Have the nose gear always been collapsing, is this a recent phenomena?
What is the ratio of “A” models to straight aircraft? Are there more “A’s” than tail draggers?
Now to be blunt,I think Icsn be safe with one, I have quite a few hours in a C-210 and lots of grass strips. and just got used to always landing nose high on the mains and letting the nose down gently on roll out.
But I don’t want to buy a aircraft that may lose a lot of value and or
I’m a new guy looking at an RV to purchase.
My personal, preference is conventional gear, well because a nose wheel is unconventional, and I have way more tailwheel time than tricycle gear. however at looking at used RV’s for sale it seems there are more nose draggers for sale than tail wheels.
So I got to looking, even though I prefer the little wheel behind me, there is nothing wrong with it up front and honestly when it’s a gusty crosswind, I’m not so stressed on short final is a tricycle airplane. So for the right price, and the right airplane, I can overlook where the steering wheel is.
But as I am beginning my learning process in educating myself about the RV world, it seems that there have been a large number of nose gear collapses, and when they do collapse it seems they almost always go over on their back, with serious consequences.
So I’m not at all wanting to start an argument about something that has likely has been beaten to death already, before my time.
But has this seemingly high incidence of accidents affected resale? Is this why so many nose draggers seem to be for sale?
Have the nose gear always been collapsing, is this a recent phenomena?
What is the ratio of “A” models to straight aircraft? Are there more “A’s” than tail draggers?
Now to be blunt,I think Icsn be safe with one, I have quite a few hours in a C-210 and lots of grass strips. and just got used to always landing nose high on the mains and letting the nose down gently on roll out.
But I don’t want to buy a aircraft that may lose a lot of value and or