Locking the tailwheel and runways?

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by SEE

I don't use it as I am trying to perfect using the rudder (by watching how the AI set theirs when taking off) but was locking the Tailwheel a function that was actually available to pilots?

Some aircraft yes. Other aircraft no.

Also some tail wheels where steerable.

Originally Posted by SEE

I also notice that quite a few on-line players manage to take off without using the runway but if I try that my plane falls apart. I always use the runway now but how do they manage to do that?

I have not been online for years .. but at one stage the polite thing to do was takeoff from taxiways and land on runways.