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Can I give instrument instruction on tailwheel without tail wheel endorsement?

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Hi all I have asked about being a safety pilot in my friends C185 before while he works on his instrument. Apparently this is legal because I'm a requirement crew member as long as he is pic I can log total time as safety pilot. I recently got my CFII rating and wondering if I can give instrument instruction without being tail wheel rated. I believe I would still not log pic time because I'm not rated in TW but can I give instruction without being PIC? he is PPL with TW so he would be PIC  wondering if this could work? 

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  1. John D Collins on Jun 02, 2023

    Yes, it will work. Assuming you are rated in Airplane, Single engine land. There is no rating for tail wheel, it is an endorsement required to act as PIC of a tail wheel airplane. You can’t act as PIC because you don’t have the endorsement. As an instructor, since you are rated in the aircraft, you may log the instruction time while you are providing instrument instruction as PIC according to 61.51. Acting as PIC is a different topic than logging PIC.

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