Full stop with a tailwheel aircraft.

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe

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To be tailwheel passenger current, you need 3 takeoff and landings within the preceding 90 days and "takeoffs and landings must have been made to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel"

So, what qualifies as "full stop" - is it enough that the mains stop rolling, or do you have to set the tail down?

:D
 
Don't be getting fancy now holding brakes with the tale off
 
Full stop is coming to a complete stop. Kinda like stopping at a stop sign. 1 second or one minute they are both a full stop but you might get an argument from a cop about the 1 second. Don
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
To be tailwheel passenger current, you need 3 takeoff and landings within the preceding 90 days and "takeoffs and landings must have been made to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel"

So, what qualifies as "full stop" - is it enough that the mains stop rolling, or do you have to set the tail down?
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On the runway with no motion of the aircraft relative to the ground.
 
I thought stop stood for slow to observe police?

Could also mean spin tires on pavement?
 
Has to be on a runway? I've seen Gene Koontz do it on a pick-up truck.... :)
 
As the old cop joke goes...'Do you want me to stop or do you want me to slow down'?
 
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tail is off the ground, but I think everyone will agree that it meets the criteria for a full stop. :D
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
To be tailwheel passenger current, you need 3 takeoff and landings within the preceding 90 days and "takeoffs and landings must have been made to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel"

So, what qualifies as "full stop" - is it enough that the mains stop rolling, or do you have to set the tail down?

:D
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Nice to see the smiley face when asking about dancing on a pin.
 
Well, for a tail wheel, I don't consider I have landed it until it is clear of the runway and no longer moving.
 
tinerj said:
Well, for a tail wheel, I don't consider I have landed it until it is clear of the runway and no longer moving.
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Usually in training the instructor had you bring the tail wheel aircraft to a full stop, and if the runway was plenty long, take off again but usually you taxied off to the taxiway, went back and took off again. Over and over again , the landing getting closer to the numbers hopefully. This got you familiar with the brakes and how to use them, often times in a cross wind where things could go south quickly.
 
Thinking about it I can stop the Cub with the tail in the air. Does that count? Don
 
yakdriver said:
Thinking about it I can stop the Cub with the tail in the air. Does that count? Don
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It does not count if you eventually do what my pal, an excellent taildragger pilot did when, to impress his wife and others watching, put the tail of his super cruiser up on its mains with throttle. It went over on the prop with pieces of the wood narrowly missing those watching. Wife called him bad names and never flew with him again.
 
There is a video on the net somewhere of a taildragger coming to a stop, turning around, and taking off again without ever setting the tail down.
 
Highly skilled Cub drivers do that to protect the tail on rocky terrain. I have friends that land and taxi to parking with the tail up. Sometimes because it make sense but mostly to show off.
 
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