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Old 02-20-2001, 09:47 PM
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My thinking was:
Hypothetically, if you are correctly balanced and coming in to flare, if your tail touches down and does not drag, it WILL (I think) send your nose forward. I guess it depends on whether the force on the tail is net up or down. My initial thinking was a tail strike would result in an upward force from the ground, resulting in a downward force at the front. Hence, the possibility of a prop strike.
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