I see what you are saying and I didn't say entirely non-aerodynamic. But I'm not convinced that the differential angle of attack of the wings dominates the phenomenon to any degree though. Do you have any references on that matter? It seems intuitive to me that you could take off the wings...
Agree. There is no doubt that something like what I'm thinking would be a highly engineered addition rather than just "toss it in the back, spin it up and go". For instance it may need a freely pivoting rotational axis until the wheels contact the runway - possibly an automated locking event...
Ground looping in a tailwheel aircraft is largely a non-aerodynamic event. In a ground loop, full rudder deflection combined with maximum differential braking have lost the battle and inertia takes over for the ensuing unfortunate dynamic proceedings. That is why I thought mechanical gyro...
Apparently NASA did. Link I just found that info today, and while it isn't for tailwheel aircraft it at least suggests that it is possible. Still perhaps not practical.
I'm wondering if anyone has done work on trying to stabilize landing and takeoff characteristics of tailwheel aircraft using some kind of gyro technique. I've seen some folks on RC forums talk about having a little device that is based on solid state gyros managing the control surfaces to help...
What about a neodymium magnet? Depending on what kind of space you have to work in that could be a solution. You could choose one to simply cut in half the closing force and make that trade for a more difficult opening. If you want more assistance you could devise a way to slide the magnet out...
