I built mine right off the bat as a taildragger. One word of caution, if you do convert, in the manual it tells of a dimension to measure, that dimension is the extent of the bracing and a small former in the bottom. Remove the fuel tank and you will see what I mean. When you go to put the blind nuts in, you must remember to compensate for the width of the flange of the blind nuts, if you accidently drill too close to the former, you won't have enough room to install them in. Also, you will have to find a way to reach inside the "compartment" where the blind nuts go, I have a set of curved forceps that worked, with a little fanangaling.