One of the many great things about tricycle gear other than the superior ground handling is the space the nose gear wheel well provides to install stuff that you do not want protruding through your beautiful fuselage.

On my original Kwik Fli III, I mounted the radio off/on switch and the retract gear air servicing valve in the nose gear wheel well. It makes a very clean looking fuselage and is very practical. I started out by making a 1/16” plywood mounting plate and coated it with epoxy. I added two mounting tabs made from ¼” plywood. The plate screws to the mounting tabs with three screws so the mounting plate can be removed for maintenance. The back tab has a small cutout to clear the front of the wing mounting dowel. I’m using my Kraft switch that was modified to work with Futaba style receiver plugs and Deans plugs on the battery connection. I think on my first Kwik Fli III I had the radio charging receptacle on the plate too but I’m not doing that this time because often the gear was retracted when I wanted to charge the battery.

To be continued..