Finally. a shot of the tail wheel. I did not use the standard hardware in this instance, this is the first change I've made and not because the included hardware is cheap but because I don't like tail wheels that mount to the rudder. The included tailwheel is a metal rod that you bend and insert into the rudder before you glue the hinges. I've always steered away from those because you can't do maintenance on them without affecting the rudder and in my opinion, they put too much strees on the rudder with a hard landing. I've gone with a Sullivan tailwheel (12 lb size, I like the larger wire and higher stance) with a matching 1" tail wheel. I like the Sullivan because of the reverse bend, I find no matter how hard a landing, I never bend or distort the Sullivan gear...

Jack