Just some info... The full-scale is not "always" free castering. They would get lined up on the runway and lock the tailwheel straight ahead.. It stayed that way for flight and landing.. Then un-locked to turn off the runway..

I found that digging around for my "much smaller" DC-3 research. If you look into the DC-3 various checklist, you can find it there. Here is a link to one of the pages: [link=http://www.theaviatornetwork.com/pdf/NormalChecklist-050221.pdf]DC-3 Normal Checklist[/link]

I'm keeping mine hooked up like a regular tail wheel. I just have a friend to make the yoke look better than a thin piece of wire or metal. I started with the plywood and bent piece of aluminum.. Then we went up to the bigger chunk and are machining it down