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HLAviation wrote:
> 
> >do
> >> >> sometimes get the Champs tail wheel to touch first.
> 
> >> I'm told that the "double thump" of tailwheel, then mains is
> >> what is recommended in the POH of the Maule
> 
> I dont know but when I bring in an Ag Plane in loaded (some times the spray
> pumps fail) I'll usually tag the tail wheel first, actually any time I have to
> come in real short I tag tail first.

Does the CG shift dramatically during AG operations, or
is it pretty static? Is the spray loaded in the wings?

I've always wanted a close-up (as in, in the air in the
cockpit) look at a sprayer but never managed to snag a
ride. :)

Brett

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