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Old 12-31-2012, 08:35 PM
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Default RE: Hobby People's VQ-Global 28% Fly Baby ARF

I was looking at the included tailwheel assembly and thought to myself "that looks kind of cheesy" so I decided to install a nice Klett tailwheel assembly I had. Since it mounted forward of where the stock version would have been I had to fabricate a plywood support plate with blind nuts in it and then maneuver it into place through the servo opening.

After it was all installed I thought the tailwheel looked great, but something was not quite right....

Oh yeah, the rudder seems to hang down. I went back to my files and looked at full scale Fly Baby planes and then realized the 'cheesy' tailwheel actually was designed to fill in that gap and at the right angle.

I could easily have removed the Klett and installed the kit tailwheel but I still liked the Klett better. So I fabbed up some 'skirts' to attach to the Klett tailwheel.

And then I installed the rudder.
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