AndyRcer

Has anyone added a rudder to a shrike 40 ? I was thinking about adding a front rudder off of the steerable nose wheel below the fuse. I have some concern about disturbing the air flow. Any thoughts appreciated.

jlingrel

I haven't, but I am about to build a Shrike 40 with retracts and have considered adding a rudder. Hoping to make it a real fast airplane. Going to use a 46AX for a start (cuz I have 2 of them). Post pictures when you do it and let us know how it works.


John

Flyboy Dave

My Feedback: (21)

A rudder would come in handy for knife-edges and such, the weight wouldn't
matter much on the 40 size.

FBD.

Mike Connor

My Feedback: (5)

Do a search for Shrike in this form as there has been a lot of discussion about landing gear and rudders. My preference was to leave my Shrike as clean and light as possible for maximum speed.

jlingrel

I have to have the gear, I have arthritis and hand launches are out if I don't have a helper.

John

piper_chuck

My Feedback: (12)

I'm finding the hand launches and belly landings to be one of the reason my shrike 10 stays home more often than other planes. There's just something about taking off and landing that seems missing.

jlingrel

I've got a Shrike 10 with a Norvel 061 which flys well, is fast and drops like a rock when the engine cuts. I have spent a lot of time repairing it. I built a Shrke 15 for a buddy. He put fixed gear on it for flying off pavement, but takes it off when we fly on the golf driving range. It is amazing the difference in performance. If I were going to be here in Egypt for another couple of weeks, I would add rudder to his Shrike just to see how it works. I kind of doubt that it will knife edge as it has no side area to support it on edge. But we don't build these for acro, we build them to go fast. Hence, retracts. All problems sovled. Still clean and you can take off and land normally.

John

Mike Connor

My Feedback: (5)

I usually have a female that loves the Shrike and Dust. There is usually too much wind here to do it yourself.

Evil Homer

Stick a 32 on the Shrike 10 and it pulls out of your hand - no need to launch