The Importance of Coordination

[Liquid_Charlie]

The 707 and the 727 one needed to understand dutch roll and know how to recover. Got to "beat" that rising wing down. Strangely enough was that the recovery would not necessarily be at "wings level"

Any 70 or 72 jocks out there will tell you yaw damper limitations were major need to know items.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little nervous about tackling a tail dragger but I figure after a 100 plus hours in it I should start to acquire some decent stick and rudder skills.

Lets put this in another context as to the difficulty of flying a tail wheel airplane ( Conventional gear. ).

When I learned to fly there were only tail wheel airplanes available to learn on .

The time required for a P.P.l. was thirty hours.

Many of us received our licenses in the thirty hour time frame.

That is the best comment I can make to help you understand the " Diffilculty " issue regarding tail wheel airplane handling TwinOtterfan.

The most important issue regarding learning to fly tail wheel airplanes is finding an instructor who is competent and can teach properly.