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pinball-RCU -> DPS taildragger? (12/23/2002 7:23:22 AM)
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You'll love a tailwheel DPS. You'll save a few ounces, and completely eliminate the aggravation of constantly fixing nose wheels. The plane takes off perfectly straight, no problems of ground looping at all. (Why did I wait so long?)
Here's how I do it. I buy the .40 size DuBro tail wheel set (a couple of bucks). It includes a 3/4" wheel, a black plastic bracket, and a piece of wire and some washers which I throw away.
I screw the bracket onto the bottom of the fuse, so the hole lines up perfectly with the rudder hinge. Then I take .062 piano wire. Above the horiz stab, the wire goes straight up, and then bends 90 degrees. I sharpen it a little, and push it into the rudder, across the flutes. (It looks exactly like ChrisSpad's picture above.) Below, the stab, I bend it back a little, and two more bends hold the wheel in place.
This photo, not the best, shows the bottom part. You could save a few cents by making a bracket yourself out of 1/4" square hardwood. You might be able to get away without the bracket at all, in which case, the setup would look exactly like ChrisSpad's, but with a wheel.
[IMG]http://mywebpages.comcast.net/morses/tailwheel.jpg[/IMG]
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