Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Good video, however...
by David from Temple TX USA
Pros: Good production quality. Good explanations of the differences in tailwheel and trigear aircraft.
Cons: Overpriced. Not enough shots looking out of the cockpit.
Review: There is a lot of good information in this DVD related to why a tailwheel airplane acts differently on the ground than a trigear airplane. The quality of the video and the production quality are quite good. However, I would like to have seen more in the cockpit shots during the landing sequences. My personal trials and tribulations in learning tailwheel landings has centered on the "sight picture" looking out of the cockpit. I feel the DVD is a little overpriced.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Solid product
by Jeff from Grand Rapids MI USA
Pros: Presents theory and practical application of the differences between nose- and tailwheel aircraft.
Cons: None
Review: This is a clear and practical presentation of the basic principles of operating tailwheel aircraft.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Nice introduction and summary of major concepts
by A Customer from Newtown PA USA
Pros: Good content from a highly experienced pro
Cons: Expensive for the amount of content
Review: The DVD met my expectations. It could have been a bit longer. What was in there was great, but for the price (which is really high), it should have covered more.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
great intro to tailwheel flying
by Marcel from Naperville IL USA
Pros: interesting to watch, good explanations (ground school)
Cons: could hit a little more advanced topics, skills
Review: I loved watching this video to get an introduction to tail wheel flying. It is made in an interesting way as you basically get an abbreviated third party view on somebody going through a tail wheel endorsement. However, the video could incorporate a little more advance techniques and skills.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Get's you inside the airplane for "pitch attitudes"
by Cory the Citabria 7KCAB pilot from Ann Arbor MI USA
Pros: Easily see, visualize & understand tailwheel principals
Cons: You can't always train and fly in a beautiful Top Cub. Also more info given on expected time-frame of training it takes or # of landings to expect for tailwheel endorsement.
Review: This DVD has great scenery and great airplanes (Top Cub, etc.) which inspired me. I was able to re-watch the DVD over and over which helped me understand the principles and pitch attitudes, which helped, since the Citabria 7KCAB doesn't have as many gauges and instruments as the C-172 that I'm used to flying. Also I could "armchair" practice the 3-point landing or wheel landing while at home. Before beginning training, I probably watched the DVD about 10 times. Currently, I've completed 1.9 hours of actaul tailwheel instruction. My instructor said that I've progressed pretty quickly, and that I'm at a point where most of his students would normally take about 5 to 6 hours to reach.
Monday, December 08, 2008
Very informative
by Tom Whitemore from Healdsburg CA USA
Pros: to the point / great visual instruction / interesting enough to view over, again and again
Cons: I didn't get a certificate for a free instruction at their school !!
Review: With the information and visual reference, I feel that I can try my hand with a Cub and have an idea what im going to get in return; A bit of challenge and a lot of fun! Good mix of instruction; they did a good job of keeping the classroom time short and sweet, and did a great job with the in-plane video instruction.
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