Tailwheel/Conventional Gear
The first step in a tailwheel airplane takeoff is to align yourself with the runway centerline.
Tailwheel
These airplanes have the "third" wheel under the tail. Taildragger aircraft can land on much rougher terrain and, consequently, are used by bush pilots.
Tailwheel The small wheel at the tail of the airplane. This is found on the type of airplane that has the two large wheels in the front, and the small one in the rear. The airplane sits on its tail.
TE Trailing edge (rear) ...
Tailwheel: The small wheel which takes the weight of an aeroplane fuselage on the ground at the tail.
The tailwheel configuration offers several advantages over the tricycle landing gear arrangement.[2] ...
With the brakes set, the procedure was to bring power to the wall, release the brakes, push the stick forward to bring the tailwheel off the ground and the airplane to a level attitude, count to four, pull in two notches of flaps and rotate hard.
Despite the many advantages of a tricycle gear system, many older aircraft designs (as well as many modern STOL designs) use a tailwheel configuration - this is mainly because the technology and expertise did not exist to build a lightweight and ...
CONVENTIONAL GEAR - Having two main landing wheels at the front and a tailwheel or tailskid at the rear as opposed to having a tricycle gear with three main wheels. Such an aircraft is popularly called a TAILDRAGGER.
Imagine a tailwheel-type airplane stationary in the run-up area on a windless day.
Before World War II, most airplanes had their two main landing gear and wheels — otherwise known as "the mains" — toward the front of the airplane and a small tailwheel under the tail.
 See also: Wheel, Aircraft, Speed, Flight, Plane
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