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A taildragger is an aircraft whose undercarriage consists of (usually) two main wheels forward of the center of gravity, and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.

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Is there a good reason why modern airliners can't have conventional landing gears (vs. tricy...

By "good reason", I mean a reason that we definitely cannot overcome with reasonable changes in aircraft design, control laws or procedures. As possible benefits of this I see a much smaller (= light …
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