Question: There is more than three trilogy trigger -bicycle plane in my charter more than Tailwheel wheels. Is this because the trilogy truck plane is easier to fly?
answer: For flying, no. But when it comes to controlling it on the ground while taking off and landing, yes.
It is similar to driving a five -speed car on a hill. You have to know exactly when to allow the clutch and the accelerator app to avoid rolling back.
It is easier to handle aircraft equipped with trilogy bike landing tools on the ground because the rear end does not want to go out to visit the introduction, which can happen with the rear wheel plane if the pilot is not before the plane and accuracy. The artistic term for this is the Earth’s episode. The wheel pilot needs excellent circumstantial awareness, knowing the direction from which the wind comes and the use of control and elevators appropriate to keep the plane from “staying away from them”.
This additional level can make the required experimental efficiency more expensive for insurance than a trio -wheeled truck, especially for pilots in low time. This is part of the reason that most modern aircraft specially designed for the training market are three -wheel bike equipment. It is easier to handle it on the ground, more tolerant with dirty experimental technology, and they have lower insurance costs.
However, one of the Taildragger privileges in addition to it is the standard of some of the best aircraft, such as the PIPER Super Cub and Cessna 195, the fact that the fan is higher than the ground than it was in a trilogy -biking plane that makes the wheel aircraft that you do not operate if you want to adventure in the Backcounrate the Earth.