Tricycle Push Bar
How do you tow a taildragger?
I worked at an FBO one summer, and occasionally had to move some planes around – King Air, Diamondjet, and the like, so I’m well familiar with tow bars and tug carts, but I’ve never had to move a taildragger, and was wondering how it’s done. I mean, I imagine you could just push smaller planes around by the struts, like a Cub, as long as you have one person pushing on each side, but what about bigger planes, like a DC-3? Would you have to taxi around every time you wanted to move it somewhere?
Also, is there a short field landing procedure for a taildragger, since they generally outperform tricycle gears in STOL anyway? If there is, is it much different? I imagine they don’t encourage maximum braking, unless you’d like to do a nosedive right into the pavement.
There are special tow bars made for that purpose Patrick, but often the only practical way is taxiing if the right tow bar isn’t available. It depends on the aircraft, but some are towed nosr first (typical with the larger ones) and others are towed tail first.
The short field landing takeoff and landing techniques are similar, but you lift off and touch down in a 3-point attitude. It’s a bit like doing a combined short and soft field landing or takeoff in a nosedragger. And no, braking is something to be used judiciously. In most tailwheel airplanes brakes are only necessary in crosswinds and during taxi.
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