Hi Phil, Can you just clear up for me and possibly for all your thinking and reasoning...
Why would you want to increase the angle of attack with your main wheels on the runway? When you take off, you push the stick forward to get the tail off the ground and lessen the angle of attack to reduce drag. At about 60 mph the plane should take off on its own anyway without having to apply up elevator or get the tail anywhere near the floor again. And to land, you don't want a high angle of attack at low speeds trying to three point it, or it will drop a wing and possibly ground loop. All my landings I wheel it onto the main wheels to land and keep the tail wheel up until the airspeed does not allow the elevator authority to do so, by which time you are down to 20 mph anyway. A larger possibly rubber pneumatic tail wheel is quieter as it absorbs the ground noise and gives more traction for better ground handling than a smaller harder skittish tail wheel. I see no benefits from reducing the tail wheel size. Regards CH.
-- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
