Greg Swingle, CEO of the Philo Back Woods Test Facility, reports on his latest in a series of test programs about tail wheels.
https://vimeo.com/61152184
A New Experimental Tail Wheel.
Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:04 am
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:05 am
Re: A New Experimental Tail Wheel.
What size tire is on there? Looks like a 500x5 but doesn't look big enough to be one.
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:35 am
Re: A New Experimental Tail Wheel.
I would more impressed if he weighed the tail wheel, did a log book entry, updated W/B in the aircraft and then took off!
Looks pretty sweet to me.
Looks pretty sweet to me.
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:25 am
Re: A New Experimental Tail Wheel.
8GCBC wrote:I would more impressed if he weighed the tail wheel, did a log book entry, updated W/B in the aircraft and then took off!
Looks pretty sweet to me.
Does this mean your next video will be prefaced by a clip of you sitting for your PPL written exam, or maybe of your checkride?
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:38 am
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m7flyer - ha........
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:40 am
Re: A New Experimental Tail Wheel.
That's ugly.
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:57 am
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paperwork is never exciting on film 
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:05 pm
Re: A New Experimental Tail Wheel.
That's why I would never make it like Spielberg! I am boring at times ( or maybe a lot of times )!
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