What is wrong with DC3 takeoff ? How to fix and tailwheel lock unlock

No worse than the Spitfire and Warhawk IMHO. :slight_smile: Strong piston engines, props rotating in the same direction, taildragger so lots of P-factor on takeoff. The same advice for those planes is to be given here: trim nose down and right rudder a couple notches, be gentle with the throttle and don’t accelerate too fast, and let it accelerate before you rotate.

There’s also a lot of ground effect from the large wing, which is why it tends to jump up and then dips back down, losing lift again, if you rotate too aggressively.

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