slough

Never heard this before, why the benefit from tailwheel time?

Seatownflyer

haha! It's not THAT bad...

Terrain Inop

I know its not that bad, but i have found that even a little tailwheel experience makes teaching a new hire easier. P-factor, 10 foot props make a lot. Rudder trim is a primary flight control.

What

The ATR is similar to this, 13 ft props and when you press the rudder pedal you don't control the rudder, you fly the trim tab... So at low speeds keeping it on the center line can be a but of a challenge, oh and the breaks suck... Anytime speed changed so did rudder trim!

rcfd13

I showed up for EMB IOE without a tailwheel endorsement. I didn't feel like it made much of a difference..

Terrain Inop

You would have noticed a difference if you had...

rickair7777

Don't show up to EMB training with 5000 recent hours in glass cockpits! Trust Me.

leverpulled

I showed up to training and hadn't flown the six-pack for four years. It comes back easy enough. I would be more worried about having ZERO experience at all with the six-pack.

Also, I have zero tailwheel time. But I think most pilots who get to this point understand p-factor, etc. Yes, the EMB does require a lot of rudder, and every time you change the power you will adjust the rudder trim. Tailwheel time certainly can't hurt, but I wouldn't sweat it too much if you show up to class without it.

This is just my opinion but the flying was the easier part of training. Don't get me wrong, the flying is not a walk in the park either, but ground school was very difficult. As I'm sure is the case with all new hire ground schools, a lot of good pilots don't make it through.

I've only been here a year, so take my opinion for what its worth.

TheFly

The breaks? Are they broken?

fatmike69

I can tell within just a couple of landings if the FO I am flying with has tailwheel time or not. More often than not they don't, but we can usually straighten out the landings pretty quickly. More often than not it's just changing the sight picture to further down the runway. That being said, it's not really that big of a deal though, the EMB will land side-loaded and correct itself just like any other non-sweptwing tricycle gear aircraft (though it may be uncomforatable for the pax). It really is a resilient and forgiving airplane.