Tailwheel Endorsement

Man, I so desperately want a tailwheel airplane. I have this fantasy about taking a small, not-too-highly powered (maybe 150hp?) TW airplane and spending a couple of months just flying VFR around the country, and becoming the most bad-ass dead-reckoning-and-pilotage guy on earth in the process.

But I'm weird that way.
 
ozone said:
My instructor claimed that if you learn to fly in a 120 or similarly finnicky tailwheel, you can largely fly any other tailwheel without much difficulty. The other way around becomes a steep learning curve. I also did a lot of my landings on asphalt, making grass landings seem like a breeze as a result.
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Your instructor was right in that regard.
 
killbilly said:
Man, I so desperately want a tailwheel airplane. I have this fantasy about taking a small, not-too-highly powered (maybe 150hp?) TW airplane and spending a couple of months just flying VFR around the country, and becoming the most bad-ass dead-reckoning-and-pilotage guy on earth in the process.

But I'm weird that way.
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It is a fun way to go. I haven't spent months doing it like you want to, but I've ferried Cubs, Citabrias and the like across the States before. 500' for several hundred miles in a Cub was a good way to smell the hayfields, roses and horse pastures.
 
killbilly said:
Man, I so desperately want a tailwheel airplane. I have this fantasy about taking a small, not-too-highly powered (maybe 150hp?) TW airplane and spending a couple of months just flying VFR around the country, and becoming the most bad-ass dead-reckoning-and-pilotage guy on earth in the process.

But I'm weird that way.
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I think you should buy one :)

Never flown one with GPS, VOR or any nav instrument for that matter. If I have made it over 1,000 landings without bending anything, I think you will be fine!
 
killbilly said:
Man, I so desperately want a tailwheel airplane. I have this fantasy about taking a small, not-too-highly powered (maybe 150hp?) TW airplane and spending a couple of months just flying VFR around the country, and becoming the most bad-ass dead-reckoning-and-pilotage guy on earth in the process.

But I'm weird that way.
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Oh, and find a nearby gliderport and volunteer to tow on weekends. You will get all the tailwheel flying you van handle.
 
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