I did my training and first solo on Balsa USA Stik 40 + (the version with ailerons).
Thunder Tiger 46 and I built the wing on a jig and set up with tricycle gear.
Fantastic plane, my training advisor loved flying it.
I kept knocking off the nose wheel on landings while learning so I converted the Stik 40 + to a tail dragger (put a stationary tail wheel on the stik booms).
I didnt notice any bad habit taking off.......Is it the wire skid dragging on grass, causing some odd inputs to correct / over correct while trying to accelerate ?
The stiks holding the tail are real hard wood and I painted mine ...no problem twisting.
If there was a twist in the stiks affecting the tail fin alignments enough to make take off a problem...wouldnt it also affect the trim while flying?
Q: Are all your taildraggers with a tailwheel on rudder...any with wire skids?
Last edited by AllThumbs; 07-29-2022 at 02:56 PM.