While the airplane is flying, it doesn't know whether it's a tricycle or taildragger. I always convert my planes to tail dragger. After 13 years of model flying, I flew my first model tricycle gear plane just this year

It's not a messy operation at all. Basically it consists of moving the main gear forward, and adding a tail wheel. On my Telemaster 40, all I had to do was reverse the main landing gear. This moved the main wheels forward, and made it rest on its tail.

Most likely all you're going to be looking at is choosing a spot just below the leading edge of the wing and reinforcing it with some plywood to take the landing stresses. Also, be sure to put in a little bit of reinforcement at the tail where the tailwheel mounts. This area takes a surprising amount of abuse, especially if you're operating from grass, and I've found that it's much easier to reinforce it originally than to rebuild it after the tailwheel gets ripped out



Tom