I have to agree with Larry and say that any trigear setup can be collapsed. One must remember to protect the nose gear by continuing the back pressure increase throughout the flare until the nose settles on its own, or damage can occur. The Grumman Tiger, Cheetah, Traveler, and Lynx all have the same type nose wheel, and it fairs them well, but is the weak link. This is where I have preached that one NEEDS to learn how to fly into ground effect first, and then establish a landing attitude followed by a gradual flare as the airspeed bleeds off. All too often pilots get in a hurry to get into the flare attitude on the descent, and they are very near the stall when they enter ground effect. They try to continue flaring only to find too little airspeed, and too little elevator left to flare, so the nose drops as they drop crashing to the runway, smashing into a 3 point which overloads the nose gear. Descend down final, round out into ground effect and pause as you fly in ground effect with the performance increase, and then begin the flare at the point when you begin to descend again. Works on every plane I have ever flown! Happy flying....
Colin & Bev Rainey KR2(td) N96TA Sanford, FL crain...@cfl.rr.com or crbrn9...@hotmail.com http://kr-builder.org/Colin/index.html
