Excellent point, John I should have stated that my speculations were predicated on touchdown on the main gear with the nose in the air. I would, however, further speculate that if the nose gear is free-castoring, there is no problem; and if not, keeping a light touch on the yoke or the pedals would allow to happen that which must happen without damage.
Otherwise...results may vary ;<) Regards, WRB -- On Apr 5, 2010, at 14:53, John Cooper wrote: > The height of the CG in and of itself is not important. What is > important is the ratio of the height to the width of the gear. > > Any tricycle gear plane will exhibit the tendency to straighten out > when > landed in a crab. OTOH, no tail dragger will, au contraire... > > One thing that hasn't been mentioned is the nose gear castering > tendency. I suspect not all nose gears will do the same thing without > damage. > > -- > John > Skyport East > www.skyportservices.net
