Tailwheels and Crosswind - Part I
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- Mastering tailwheel flying is a great way to sharpen any pilot's skills. What you learn in a tailwheel airplane will make you a better pilot in ANY airplane. In this half-hour ground school session, Doug Rozendaal goes over the fundamentals of tailwheel flying and explains how proficiency in crosswind landings can be achieved.
0:00 Start
1:39 Center of Gravity
5:27 Wheel landing vs. 3-point landing
11:51 Crosswind
19:51 Left turning tendencies
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What a professional Master Class on tailwheel flying. I will be watching this episode again over and over until I completely comprehend and assimilate all concepts.
Thank you, Daniel!
- Martin
Brilliant discussion on gyroscopic precession and P Factor ! That spinning bicycle wheel leaves nothing to the imagination. Worth it's weight in gold.
Seeing is believing, and feeling the bicycle wheel move leaves nothing to the imagination.
- Martin
Thank you for all the kind words. Martin has a great ability to catch the essence of the lesson and, while long by youtube standards, keep it relatively short.
Fantastic instruction. My normal mount is a Citabria, and never gave much thought to favoring right crosswinds on takeoff because of the left turning tendancy.
Thank you for this incredibly instructive video : it's one thing to be taught how to fly tailwheel, it's another to really understand what happens and for what reason. I will use this next time I fly the PA19 at my club.
Doug, I’m so glad I found this and am so grateful you provided such wonderful mentorship to me last summer, thank you for continuing to share your knowledge!
Thanks Doug! The first 5 mins of your discussion with Martin changed my perspective on how to take off and land....RC taildragger planes! The principles are the same. Before hearing your discussion, I had the misconception that all taildraggers should land on the mains. I struggled being consist managing these maneuvers with the various types of taildraggers in my hanger (RV-8, Stinson 108 Flying Station Wagon, Piper J-3 Cub, Westland Lysander). But now, I respectfully consider the landing characteristics for each plane and its made a world of difference.
Much thanks to you and Martin!
This is literally the best explanation of tailwheel flying that I've ever heard. I've been flying tailwheel for over 25 years and have owned a Champ for the last 11 years...lots of information here that I never even thought about. This guy is a real instructor! Thanks so much for posting.
Thanks for the feedback, and I am glad you got something useful out of the video!
- Martin
This is one of the best explanations about tail landing that I’ve ever seen. Very technical, clear and illustrative! Thank you very much
Glad we could help!
- Martin
@@martinpauly Couldn't agree more, excellent explanation that is applicable to all pilots
Agreed
Couldn't agree more!
Been flying tailwheel for 42 years, this is probably the best description of the physics I have ever seen. Excellent job, learned a few things myself!
Thank you
Hans
Thank you, Hans - happy to hear that.
(Bist Du auch Deutscher?)
- Martin
Exceptional video. I have been flying Tailwheels for about 25 years and I learned a few different things from this video. Well done.
Doug is one the most accomplished pilots I have ever known.. he is one of my idols, and I have flown alot of different planes from experimental to mach 2 jets.. Doug is awesome, people should listen to him about tailwheel aircraft.. nice video Martin.
I couldn't agree more - and I am grateful that Doug shares his knowledge and experience on some topics through these videos 👍
- Martin
I fly a tailwheel (Cessna 170) & this is one of the best explanations that I’ve ever heard. Anyone could learn a lot from Doc.
This should be a mandatory watch for every Tailwheel Endorsement! I learned stuff I wish I would have known at the beginning of my tailwheel flying!
That's what Doug and I were hoping for - to create something meaningful for anyone starting (or getting back into) tailwheel flying.
- Martin
Was the Tailwind harder to fly than the plane you got your certification in?
@@kwittnebel easier actually. I got my endorsement in a Vagabond
@@MotoFlightGuy that is good news for us aspiring Tailwind pilots.
@@martinpauly "'That's what Doug and I were hoping for - to create something meaningful for anyone starting (or getting back into) tailwheel flying."
That was clear. I did my TW 18 months ago and (sadly) learned more in the video than I had learnt from the instructor. Great brush up before some more dual in an RV8
Best tail wheel video I've found so far. I want that guy teaching me!!
Thank you.
- Martin
Fantastic video on tailwheel flying! Doug, you possess a wealth of insight and I appreciate the ability to sit under your instruction for 29 minutes.
Thank you, Curtis.
Outstanding video, more of these please with Doug in them.
This is awesome! Thank you, Doug, for explaining these things so succinctly, and thank you, Martin, for showing us Doug's wisdom! I love this channel!
Excellent instructor. Well worth the watch.
Wow...Great video Martin! Very informative.
Hallo Martin, ich bin immer wieder sehr dankbar für die Einblicke, die Du in das Fliegen, aber auch in besondere Persönlichkeiten gewährst. Danke! Weiter so!
Doug has a fantastic manner of teaching, great video. Thanks.
Thank you for posting this. I really enjoyed it. Both you and Doug are exceptional in this video. I look forward to seeing them all.
Outstanding! Learned a thing or two, and so very well explained! Thank you!
Awesome video as always Martin. And once again I’ve learned something from the master, Doug Rozendaal!’
Great timing. I start tailwheel training in 3 weeks.
Awesome stuff, Martin! Thank you. Doug is the best.
Excellent video. I do appreciate the fundamentals of this master class of cross wind landing!
Martin -- that demo with the bicycle wheel was eye opening. Gyroscopic procession is one thing to read about and "understand"...but seeing it put it into perspective for me. Thanks! Really looking forward to seeing the flight portion of your training.
Thank you for sharing this. I had seen this before, but rewatching again since I'll be starting my tailwheel training next week.
Great video, lots of very useful tips and hints on landing and taking off on a classic landing gear aircraft. Thanks for posting.
Amazing instructor right there. I love how he explains why you’re doing something and not just what to do. And in a way one can actually remember!
I fly a Piper SuperCub on a regular basis and I must say I absolutely love it. And I’m sure you’re gonna love flying tailwheel too!
Looking forward to part 2, 3, 4,... of this series.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much for this video. Doug's briefing is crystal clear, so neat and up to the point!
Agreed, Denis.
- Martin
Incredible. Never thought (or was taught) so much regarding gyroscopic effect and other factors
Some of your best content, Martin.
Excellent description of tail wheel dynamics. Thank you for sharing
Thanks, Jim.
- Martin
Great content. I've been flying a RV6 for 15 years and learned a few pointers I've never considered before.
Thanks for another great video! I can't believe I've missed this for almost two years! So much respect for Doug and his ability to convey flying techniques.
Excellent - clear concise explanations
Looking forward to the Taylorcraft flying.
Brilliant, thanks for making this ! Valuable training
Very informative video, Thanks Martin! Love the Mr. Mulligan behind you guys!
Looking forward to the flight portion. I learned to fly in a Taylorcraft L2M - about 15 years after getting my license in tri-gear.
Hell, I just fly models and it taught me more in thirty minutes than I've learned in years of trying learn being a hobbyist.
Thanks, Tony - I'm glad this was helpful for you.
- Martin
Excellent discussion, much appreciated.
Ever since I got my tail wheel sign off, I thought that was the greatest way to fly. If you use tail wheel skills with the tricycle gear, you become a better pilot. The problem is not losing the skill more than it is trying to obtain an airplane, especially one you could rent that is of a tail wheel configuration. It’s almost like trying to find a car or truck or SUV with a stick shift. They’re just getting more and more scarce.
Yes, that is true. I wish there was a tailwheel airplane for rent at my home airport - I am not aware of one.
- Martin
Really appreciate the slow step by step approach and touching all the bases. Learning to fly RV's and this is invaluable info. Nice job.
Thanks!
- Martin
Great video! I learned something new!! The discussion of which runway to select when it’s a direct 90° strong crosswind, and why the answer is different for takeoff vs landing.
Thanks very much for posting this Martin, it's invaluable. I wish yt was around when Dad was cropdusting in an Agwagon in NZ, which is not flatland flying or more importantly is not flatland landing/taking off. He could have given a wealth of information on tailwheel handling on hills and undulating ground that adds another dimension to what Doug describes very well (and many thanks to him for sharing his expertise in a thoroughly accessible way)
I love this stuff. This is so interesting. Pretty much the best breakdown of tailwheel operations I've seen. I trained on at 172 which has a bungie connection between rudder pedals and the nose wheel. I bought a share in a Cherokee and was quite surprised that the nose wheel had a solid link to the rudder pedals. It makes ground handling a bit easier but it did change my crosswind landing techniques. Countering that...I found that there was less wing lift in a Cherokee than a 172 in a crosswind tho ultimately I didn't find much difference in the amount of crosswind the planes could safely handle.
Nice video again Martin!
I taught myself to fly tail wheel aircraft. Put the plane on skis and flew about 15 hrs and than installed the wheels never looked back after.
Cessna 140, 180, Stinson.
What a great video. Doug has a great way of breaking down the complexity into simple to understand, bite sized chunks. Thank-you both for the lessons
Glad you enjoyed it, Ian.
- Martin
Brilliant and so simple explanation.
Huge thanks to Martin and Doug for doing both the tail wheel and the multi engine training videos!
Doug is a great instructor and Martin has mastered video editing.
Our pleasure, Tim! Glad you like the result.
- Martin
Thank u so much for this video. I watched both and u couldn't go wrong having Doug for an CFI. Wow, learned a lot. Thanx again!
Best explanation I've seen anywhere. Also just confirmed that my tailwheel instructor was a master of instruction as this is verbatim what I got from him.
great vid... back in the early 1970s I was in high school when I started to learn to fly, on a PA 18 on floats, but do to seasonal changes switched to skis and then out to the airport on wheels, so have had the experience of tail wheel flying... ended up when done with my private license being single engine land and sea rated... this was in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada... airport code YAM, now CYAM...
I have never experienced skis, not even as a passenger. Is it hard to assess your hight above ground when it's all just white below you?
Enjoyed the video and advice on landing with a direct crosswind. Did my training in a Decathlon in Texas. Landing in a cow pasture was some of the best training for me. J.L. Hibbert
Glad you enjoyed this one, James. Decathlons are a lot of fun, aren't they?
- Martin
Great video. Thanks. I learned aerobatics in a Cap-10B some years ago. By far the most challenging aspects of the experience were the landings and takeoffs. It made me a better tricycle pilot but more importantly it vastly improved my confidence.
What an amazing instructor. I got my tail wheel ticket earlier this year. It really does make you think differently about wind and how you use the stick and rudder. Really looking forward to the rest of the series.
Great to hear, Andy!
- Martin
Martin, thanks for sharing this ground school session. Doug did a great job breaking down a concept that I 'knew', but never really 'owned'. He strikes me as a gem of an instructor. Keep it coming!
Indeed, Andy - he is a fabulous instructor, and I am fortunate to learn from him.
- Martin
Really good review. Thanks so much
Exceptional ground lesson! A great refresher as I am planning to revisit tailwheel flight after several years of my endorsement! Thanks!
Thank you, David.
- Martin
Excellent!!
I think you covered everything, well done!
Thank you, happy to hear that!
- Martin
Doug Rozendaal : i am learning to fly in Canada and just watched your instruction with Martin! I am only in the AULA cat ( Light Sport in Canada ) and was nervous to look at tail wheel, but now I feel that is what I will move to once training is complete to learn better flying skills...with a proper instructor thank you
did mine in an RV7.
look forward to doing more
Great ground instruction, so much information laid out so simply. I am considering buying into a tailwheel aircraft in my club and getting my endorsement, so very timely as well! Thanks as always for sharing your videos, I always look forward to them!
Fantastic thorough explanation.
Thank you, Dani - glad you found it helpful.
- Martin
In my opinion the best video on the subject!
Tomorrow I will get my Tailwheel briefing, I am very excited and feel super prepared.
Excellent - how did it go?
Very good video and explanations from Doug, thank you
Glad it was helpful, Vilhjalmur.
- Martin
Great video!
Loved every minute of it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
- Martin
Sold......right after my IFR ticket....gonna-git’er-done..... also shows the value of a great instructor who can teach on the ground, not just in the air.
Great video on left turn tendency and the effect of any aircraft.
Outstanding explanation of tail wheel aerodynamics. Doug is the man.
Yes, he is!
- Martin
Early in my private training I purchased a Luscombe 8A. Completed my certificate and spent a decade flying that thing. Prior to buying it, everybody recommended that I not buy that as my first plane. Narrow gear and squirrley they said. That plane and I worked together as one and it paved the way for me now owing a high performance, short coupled tail dragger (Maule) which I am also at one with.
Looks like the Luscombe ended up being a good choice for you, Kirk. 👍
- Martin
Have 955 landings, doing wheelers on my short legged RV4. I thought the tail hitting first was not good, when attempting a 3 pointer. Best tutorial I’ve ever seen. Thank you.
A short leg RV-4 and some other taildraggers are no where near the stall attitude when the tailwheel touches first. In a full stall attitude the mains are a long ways from the ground, and when the tailwheel touches, the downward inertia causes the mains to hit hard and there is no way to stop it. This can damage the gear, or even spread it far enough to hit the prop. Therefore full stall landings are not recommended. They can be 3 pointed but one must take care to not let the angle get to high at touchdown.
Excellent commentary that I haven't seen anywhere else.
Thank you, Steve.
- Martin
You're videos are great and very informative Martin and you are a gem of an instructor Doug! :-) The bicycle wheel demonstration and comparison to the P-51 propeller was a very eye opening demonstration. I am at the beginning of learning to fly in a tail wheel aircraft and loving it. This TH-cam ground school lesson will help strengthen my training :-). Best regards, Christian
This is one of the best aviation videos and explanations I've ever seen, thank you for sharing!
My pleasure, Adam. Thanks for the kind words.
- Martin
Wow there are some cool planes in that hangar. What a great lesson posted for posterity. Thank you Doug for teaching! Big AHA! moments here for this student. Really brings it home.
Update one year later: I learned and got certified, I flew cross county and locally and I am still coming back for more depth and nuance on this topic. This video is without a doubt a key reference on the topic.
Thank you!
Absolutely spot-on advice and knowlege.
Glad you enjoyed this video!
- Martin
Excellent tail wheel lesson for all pilots! Thanks
AWESOME info I am a Tailwheel pilot with just over 300 hrs in my T Craft bc12d/85....In Central Montana our average winds this time of year often are 15k or more, after 8 weeks of NO FLYING "I usually fly every day, I needed some encouragement and refreshing, awesome video.
Several good explanations I hadn’t heard before.
Glad we could help, Bill!
- Martin
Excellent video. Thanks to you and Doug. I look forward to the next one where you and Doug are flying the plane. I hope you're able to post it soon.
Thanks, Al. The flight video is now posted.
- Martin
Excellent information for all pilots.
Elegant is a good word. 😎
Excellent discussion and very good instruction. Thanks.
Very good explanation as I’m about 4 hours into my tailwheel training.
Great video! Looking forward to Part 2.
Glad you enjoyed it!
- Martin
WOW! Outstanding explanation of all the factors involved in tail wheel performance. Thank you! We’ll done.
Thank you, Scott.
- Martin
This video is the best explanation ever about tailwheel aircraft. This is exactly and literally what I needed in order to understand more about it and to improve my rudder skills. YOU'RE THE BEST. I LOVED IT.
Thank you, Ahmed. Happy Landings!
- Martin
Best explanation I've heard explaining all the dynamics effecting a tail wheel A/C, bar none. Incedentaly took my primary flight instructions in a 7ECA, loved that bird!!!
Thank you, Bill! Do you still have that Citabria, or what do you fly these days?
- Martin
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Thanks, Brian.
- Martin
Thank you for sharing. I am a 210hr instrument rated SEL pilot but have not flown in 6 years. I will be getting back in the air soon and will be ironing out my stick and rudder skills in a J-3. This video series is hugely beneficial, thank you.
Glad we could help you, Christopher, and best of luck for getting proficient again!
- Martin
Gentlemen, This video is full of lessons. I have watched this part 1, three time and i learn each time something else. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for the kind words, Claude.
- Martin
Wow! Awesome explanation!
I hope you will vlog all lessons in your tailwheel training.
Excellent content and delivery.
Who needs FAA publications when you have Martin and Doug!
Great video Martin!
(i'm still gonna read the books)
:)
I'll probably never fly a plane, but videos like these are still super fascinating to watch. Thanks for sharing this, looking forward to more
Glad you like it, Jackson. Maybe one day you can experience it for real in an airplane!
- Martin
Wow, such a concise yet detailed lesson!
Glad you enjoyed it.
- Martin
That Ground Briefing is probably the best I've ever seen. Great explanations to differentiate between the nose dragger and tail dragger during the "expensive speed" rollout. Excellent explanations of aerodynamics that separate the TW aircraft from the C-172 regarding adverse yaw and drag (especially for the older TW aircraft) and those left turning factors. Best of all was the use of question technique to engage the learner and prompt recall of principles and concepts. Well done !
Thanks, Bob - glad you enjoyed the lesson.
- Martin
Not a pilot but all of this makes a lot of sense. These would be great skills for any pilot to have in the arsenal. Doug really knows his stuff and has a great narration voice. Martin you also have a very good knowledge of these concepts already. Can't wait to see them in practice. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Bill. I am fortunate that Doug is sharing some of his vast knowledge with me.
- Martin
Excellent conversation. Never stop learning! So many interesting details, several I have never considered.
Thank you, Larry!
- Martin
Fantastic video! I’m a newer pilot myself and I enjoy watching many of the aviation TH-camr videos for pleasure and learning. This video had more learning content than any other I have watched for a very long time. The next video of you flying with him is a must watch as well. I wish he was closer to me because I would love to pay him for some instruction.