If you don’t kill the rate of descent to almost nothing, when the main wheels touch the heavy tail drops down and wing lift increases, combining with the rebound from the undercarriage, to fling you airborne again. As soon as the mains touch, you must push the stick forward to hold the tail up, reducing the lift on the wings and putting the weight onto the wheels, so it is ‘pinned’ on the ground and rides over the bumps. This is no different to ‘wheeling on’ any taildragger, however, with the combined effect of the very heavy tail, landing speed and ‘springy’ gear, it does require a finer touchdown and a more-pronounced and immediate ‘pin’ than most. That’s tricky without the normal visual references. Then it’s a matter of keeping the tail up with full forward stick, so she can’t be bounced airborne again.
