Learn to fly. Tail wheel. Aircraft pilot

Why you need to understand the difference between the nose wheel and the tail wheel aircraft handling.
What you’ll learn

Tail wheel conversion

Requirements

helpful to have a flight sim program and a joystick minimum.

Description

In the old days everyone learned to fly in tail wheel aircraft. But aircraft have evolved to become safer. So this course explains why. In early aircraft, a tail skid made of metal or wood was used to support the tail on the ground. In most modern aircraft with conventional landing gear, a small articulated wheel assembly is attached to the rearmost part of the airframe in place of the skid. Sometimes this wheel may be steered by the pilot through a connection to the rudder pedals, allowing the rudder and tail wheel to move together.

This course will explain why the aircraft evolved to use a nose wheel to replace the tail wheel almost completely.

Who this course is for:

Beginners.