An aeroplane whose undercarriage includes a tailwheel or tail skid rather than a nose wheel.
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The usual places for rust are at the rear of the fuselage in the taildraggers and inside the door frames and in the strut carry-through in the belly of nosedraggers.
Maule offered a less powerful, nosewheel trainer version of its M7 bush bird taildragger.
Cessna started building C - 120 and C - 140 two-seat taildraggers.
Unfortunately for Aeronca, the era of taildraggers was almost over when they began producing the Sedan.
The Dewoitine D.342 was a low - wing taildragger but it did not enjoy a commercial success.
Some taildraggers have a deserved reputation as squirrels during landings, but the Super Decathlon isn't one of them.
Try to make all landings main gear first unless you're flying a taildragger.
An agile taildragger with plenty of wing, the Decathlon's configuration is perfectly adapted to short-field work.
Even when an airplane is firmly on the ground, control of a tricycle or taildragger at 60 knots can be dicey.
It was hard to fault the result, as the Cruisair 14-13 and Cruisemaster 14-19 taildraggers were among the most efficient airplanes in their respective classes, despite their seemingly antiquated triple-tail construction.
Definition of taildragger in US English:
taildragger
nounˈtālˌdraɡər
An airplane that lands and taxis on a tail wheel or tail skid, its nose off the ground.
（着陆和滑跑时）尾轮或尾橇着地的飞机
Example sentencesExamples
Cessna started building C - 120 and C - 140 two-seat taildraggers.
It was hard to fault the result, as the Cruisair 14-13 and Cruisemaster 14-19 taildraggers were among the most efficient airplanes in their respective classes, despite their seemingly antiquated triple-tail construction.
Unfortunately for Aeronca, the era of taildraggers was almost over when they began producing the Sedan.
The Dewoitine D.342 was a low - wing taildragger but it did not enjoy a commercial success.
Try to make all landings main gear first unless you're flying a taildragger.
Maule offered a less powerful, nosewheel trainer version of its M7 bush bird taildragger.
Even when an airplane is firmly on the ground, control of a tricycle or taildragger at 60 knots can be dicey.
An agile taildragger with plenty of wing, the Decathlon's configuration is perfectly adapted to short-field work.
The usual places for rust are at the rear of the fuselage in the taildraggers and inside the door frames and in the strut carry-through in the belly of nosedraggers.
Some taildraggers have a deserved reputation as squirrels during landings, but the Super Decathlon isn't one of them.