Timeline for answer to How does a taildragger take off? Does it rotate? by JustSid
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| Apr 30, 2018 at 22:55 | comment | added | Vikki | @jamesqf: That upwards wind pressure you mention is lift. The non-airflow-parallelness you describe is called angle of attack, and it's one of the major ways planes generate lift. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 20:13 | comment | added | alephzero | @jamesqf since the tail fin is further away from the main wheels than the main wing, it takes much less lift on the tail fin to rotate the plane and lift the tail wheel. That's the main purpose of having a tail fin - to control the pitch of the plane in flight. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 18:22 | comment | added | jamesqf | Is it actually lift that lifts the tail, or wind pressure on the underside of a wing that isn't parallel to the airflow when the tail's on the ground? | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 15:50 | comment | added | J W | While it is true that the method of takeoff described and demonstrated in this answer is a valid method, it is not the only way that tailwheel aircraft takeoff, which seems to be implied. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 15:33 | vote | accept | h22 | ||
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| Feb 17, 2017 at 14:37 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | It should be pointed out that the reason this works is simply that the tail-dragger sits on the ground more nose-up than is needed for take-off. Or just so, which then results in the 3-point take-off. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 14:18 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | The large ones sometimes take-off from 3-point attitude. For example the B-17. See also here. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 12:44 | history | edited | Federico | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 17, 2017 at 12:38 | history | answered | JustSid | CC BY-SA 3.0 |