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Todd,

I sure can agree and vouch for your opinion about taildraggers on the

ground..........After virtually all of my flying being nosedraggers (Except

for some backseat time in a buddies SNJ) I am trying to master a 1947

65hp AERONCA Champ...........This thing is like flying balanced on the

head of a pin in Oklahoma wind and summer up/down drafts and the

constant need for rudder to keep it coordinated.......My buddy that owns

the Champ is a retired Air Force pilot that also instructed and he shows

this old man no mercy........And that is the easy part of flying it !! On the

ground this thing turns into a beast with a mind of its own........The SNJ

was a pussy cat both on the ground and in the air in comparison.....<:)

Best,

Kelly Troyer

On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 3:08 AM, Todd Bartrim bartrim@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

After reading of Tracy's misfortune this morning, I feel a little less enthusiastic about this, but this afternoon, after being on the ground for 4660 days, C-FSTB finally returned to flight.
Did one 20 minute flight then landed for an inspection and waited out a thunderstorm, then up again for an hour. It mostly ran great with the expected exception of high RPM, low MAP descent which is really only possible to tune in the air.
I'll work on this tomorrow.
There is still a fair amount of wildfire smoke here, but weather is much more unstable so its moving the smoke a lot so I can work with that.
A few other observations but I'll share that later when I get more data.
One thing for sure though... a taildragger is much easier to fly in the air than on the ground!

Todd