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Old 02-11-2007 | 06:00 PM
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Default Convert to taildragger, keep removable stab?

I want to convert a stik type plane to a taildragger. It's a World Models Super Stunts 60 -- a tricycle setup and looks like a Great Planes Big Stick 60 with a bigger wing span. It has a horizontal stab which sits on the bottom of the fuse and is removable (3 screws + unclip the clevis attached to the elevator control horn). I'd like to convert this plane to a tail dragger with a steerable tail wheel but keep the removal stabilizer feature. I was thinking of rebuilding the stab as a split elevator to facilitate attaching the tailwheel to the rudder, but am not sure how the tail wheel assembly will work with the removable stab with or without the split elevator modification. Any ideas? I posted in another forum, but the tips I got involved solutions I don't want (eg, castoring tailwheel, skid rather than steerable tailwheel).