The Compleat Taildragger Pilot

by Harvey S. Plourde

Book Overview

Techniques that will help make you a skilled taildragger pilot. Includes new material on torque, crosswind landing gear, P-factor, crabbed crosswind landing and a section for flight instructors This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963913700
• ISBN13: 9780963913708
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Harvey S. Plourde
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

My boyfriend Loved it!

My bf is currently obsessed with taildraggers and asked me to buy him this book as a gift. He really, really liked it! He kept on saying how good it was and he reads a lot, so it is probably really good and I am happy I made him so happy.

Best Taildragger Book

Makes the transition much easier. My instructor didn't have to waste time explaining the theory so it probably saved me quite a bit of money.

Veyr Clear and well presented

I highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about getting checked out in a tailwheel. No book is gonna replace the practical of flying, but this will satisfy anyone interested in taildraggers or the purchase of one and to even help make an educated descision on buying one of tailwheel kits out there.The chapter in the Appendix on p-factor alone was worth the price of the book. Everyone accepts this effect from studying and flying for private training, but this finally explains the 'why' and can be applied simply to any model of single engine airplane at that ! Great job Mr. Plourde !

This book is very thorough and easy to understand.

Excellent! Would recommend to anyone that wants to learn how to fly a taildragger. I showed the book to my friend who has 16,000 total hours and over 8,000 taildragger hours. He was impressed with the ease that the concepts were presented. It made sence and it is not your basic taildragger book.

Outstanding

This book is a classic in it's field. The subject of handling and flying taildragger aircraft is very much neglected mainly because these aircraft are very much in the minority these days in favour of conventional tricycle gear aircraft. I certainly believe that reading the book is equivalent to several hours of practical instruction (although by no means a substitute for it) and even conventional nose-wheel pilots will benefit by understanding the principles of handling these aircraft and applying them to nosewheel types. The book is very readable and contains a wealth of very useful information. Harvey Plourde, in addition to being a very experienced pilot has created a text that conveys that experience and knowledge easily to the reader on this very interesting and much neglected subject.