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HOW TO: TAIL-DRAGGERS & TAILWHEELS

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PHOTOS BY JERRY SMITH & GERRY YARRISH Flying and setting up planes with tailwheels Aircraft with tailwheels are very popular. Learning how to control them is easier than you think. THOUGH MANY FULL-SIZE AIRPLANES are equipped with tricycle landing gear, planes with tailwheelsótail-draggersóremain very popular. It is fair to say that most of the RC airplanes flown today fall into the tail-dragger category. In the air, tail-draggers behave just like tricycle-gear aircraft do, but on...

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