To make it a taildragger you might have to beef up the bottom dorsal fin to allow mounting of a tail wheel, depending on what kind of tail wheel assy you go with. Why would you have to go tail dragger to side mount the engine? Just a question. I briefly thought about going tail dragger with mine but every plane I own at the time is a tail dragger... decided to leave it with the nose gear. lol

As far as my question about the strobes... just looking for other people's thoughts or ideas before I start drilling mounting holes.