Well, you guys motivated me to do that taildragger conversion I had been talking about every since I bought my trainer! Since I'm currently building an Eindecker III as a second plane I thought I'd get a little taildragger experience first.

It was definitely a guerilla conversion and she sure ain't pretty but then who cares what a trainer looks like! First I tore out the bottom balsa and seated a 1/4" ply piece into the fuse walls. Then I drilled and tapped (and thin CA's) the holes for the DuBro main gear. Then covered the construction with that stick on covering tape. Next the tail gear: Epoxied and screwed on a Sullivan tail wheel assembly. I thought about having it freely rotate but that wouldn't be like my Eindecker so I opted to guerilla attach the wheel to the rudder via an extended wire. This meant cutting out a little V in the rudder. No problem.

Anyway, I think my little RCM trainer now looks a bit like a Cub. Heck, who knows, maybe I'll get REALLY motivated an recover it in Yellow (since most of the original covering is peeling off anyway) and ad some wing struts for show!!