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Old 12-05-2015, 11:49 AM
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szempruw
 
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Default Tail Wheel Setup

The tail wheel retracts forward. Making it steerable presented a problem. The retracting arc suggested the need for springs, but that didn't work as well as I've seen in other posts. I received a suggestion to hook up toward the rear and steer from rudder. I set this up with cables and after trial and error, it worked well. I did this while I could get my hands in there to make changes before I sheeted the back end. I started with a larger G-10 horn, but I'll cut it off since the closest hole works well.
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