Whenever I try to land this plane, I always crash where the plane tubmles forward upon itself. Same thing happens with these type of planes.
Any tips on how to land this? I tried pulling back on the stick as I land but even with little speed I tip over the front.
Taildraggers are sensitive to brakes and tip forward easily if you are too aggressive on the brakes.
It doesnât help that if youâre using a button you canât modulate the brakes, itâs akin to slamming them on 100%, so youâre aggressive on the brakes by default without realising it.
Instead, tap the brake button in short bursts to slow it down progressively, donât hold it down.
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To land, slow down to get to your landing attitude, and reduce power so you have a slow descent while maintaining that landing attitude.
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Do that and youâll have a terrible view on final and be at risk of stalling. the 3 point attitude is not reached till in the flare
I fly the XC (Bush League Legends not Asobo!!) a lot and I think that, in addition to the sound advice offered above, approach speed is the key. You should be flying at quite close to stall speed and definitely no use of the brakes until you have all three wheels firmly planted and your speed is low enough that you will not get airborne again when you pull back on the stick. I recommend not using the brakes at all unless you absolutely have to.
Can I suggest that you have a look at the You Tube channel by FlightChops, a Canadian guy who, essentially, takes you through his flying career with discussions and in cockpit video with his various instructors. He starts with Chipmunk, moves on to T6 Texan (Harvard) and XCub, so mostly tail draggers. His journey includes flying and landing the XCub. There is an excellent video on steep approaches to bush strips with obstacles on the approach path. He also covers float planes.
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Make sure your parking brake is not engaged!
At slow speeds, the elevators donât have enough authority to control pitching over. The only alternative is to maintain a little throttle to have enough airflow over the tail. The drawback to this is that you have to use more brakes, but thatâs cheaper than a new prop - by far!
This is also a good way to maintain rudder authority at the same time, which can help with ground loops.
If you get really good at it, you can pull off stunts like this:
I mapped my throttle ârudderâ axis to the left and right brakes so that basically âright rudderâ applies to both proportionally (donât need to brake steer, I can tap / * on keypad to brake steer a bit if really needed but x cub turns easily as-is). Much smoother stops now.