Here's a lot of information on taxiing the DC-3: http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3taxi/dc3taxi.htm
The most important point is that the DC-3 tailwheel must be locked for takeoff and landing (i.e. it doesn't caster freely). Also of note: 1. According to the author, at least, differential braking is bad form while taxiing the DC-3; you should use differential power instead except for very tight turns. 2. Maintaining a straight heading is hard during the early part of the takeoff roll, but the text describes S-curves rather than violent spinning as the problem for inexperienced pilots. Locking the tailwheel should help a lot, but we'll also have to make sure that the tailwheel has the right amount of authority. By the time the tailwheel starts to lift, I'd expect that the rudder should be becoming more effective. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
