И ещё чуток от наших западных друзей, у них вопрос летать или не летать на самолётах с хвостовым колесом довольно актуален, в виду наличия tail-dragger'ов не только в классе пилотажных машин:
Takeoff!
I take the runway and line up on the centerline. "Stay with me, Kal," I say.
"Right with you," he says. "Remember to push forward on the stick as soon as you can, and be ready to come in with more right rudder as the tail comes up."
I release the brakes, apply power, it turns left. I apply right rudder, lotsa right rudder, it starts turning right. I relax right rudder, it starts turning left again. I slowly figure out how much right rudder to add, then I remember to raise the tail, and all heck breaks loose. I've got what I think is full right rudder and it's veering left.
"Right rudder," Kal says.
I tromp right rudder and now it's going straight, but, by then the tail's up, the precession bit is over, and now I've got too much right rudder and it's going right again. (Fortunately, I'm so flustered that I can't even remember the heel brakes or I'd have really hit the jackpot.) I relax right rudder too much, it starts heading left again, so I ooch in a smidgen more right rudder, realize that we've got flying speed, and pull back a little on the stick ...
