Okay, tail draggers aren't that bad, but why are they favored for the bush? At first, and to an extent to this day with some trigear planes, the nose wheel on trigear planes was not very strong. Some nose gears are just not up to the rigors of bush flying and if a nose wheel fails miles from a mechanic, it can be quite an expensive proposition to get the airplane's nose wheel fixed. Most modern trigear planes have nose gears that can take a good deal of punishment but they can still be a weak link in the proverbial chain. A more important difference relates to aerodynamics, and the differences between conventional and tricycle gear aircraft.
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