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jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 10. "RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince" 04-17-03, 12:32z  >>The hardest part for me was getting used to the rudder pedals not being hard linked together. << I had trouble with the heel brakes. With my short feet (size 7 shoe) I had trouble reaching the rudder peddles and the brakes at the same time when trying to 'help' in a turn. With me, it seems like I have a choice of turning with the rudder or turning with the brake - but not both. On landing it caused me some problems in that when I was searching for the heel brakes, I didn't have as much 'authority' over the rudder as I would like. With Plum Krazee, however, this will be a non-issue since it has hand brakes and my feet have to handle only the rudder.... >>Sounds like you need those oversized tires that John Mooney has on his Citabria for landing on gravel bars! << Floats may have been needed. We probably shouldn't have been using the runway at all, but we both wanted to 'get flying'. >>Thanks for the story, Jerry. Please keep us up to date on your progress.<< Will do. Next chapter is scheduled for after the runway dries out a bit ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      First Tail Dragger Expereince    jerryrosie       04-13-03              RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    TomParsons       04-14-03       1            RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    jerryrosie       04-16-03       2                 RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    vgbaron       04-16-03       3                      RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    jerryrosie       04-16-03       5                 RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    WScofield       04-16-03       4                      RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    jerryrosie       04-16-03       6                           RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    WScofield       04-17-03       8                                RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    jerryrosie       04-17-03       9                 RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    Ben_Chiu       04-16-03       7                      RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    jerryrosie       04-17-03       10         RE: First Tail Dragger Expereince    John_M       04-22-03       11

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