After test flying my new power system using a pavement takeoff, the tail would often spin out when trying slower more scale takeoffs. I decided that my modified Superstar needed one last hop-up.

I used an RA1300 [link=http://www.hobby-lobby.com/landinggear.htm]Complete Tailwheel Assembly[/link] from Hobby Lobby to easily create a steerable tailwheel. By simply drilling a hole through the fuselage tail so that the metal wire was in line with the rudder leading edge, I made a few bends and epoxied it to the rudder. The tailewheel base fits in a custom cut groove and is held by the two supplied screws.

Note that the actual position of the drilled hole was 2-1/4" from the rear fuselage tip and not where shown in the photo. After the epoxy had dried, I recovered the rudder bottom with some white Monokote.

Since my new power system provided superb power and flight times, it was time for my second video!