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Old 05-30-2008 | 11:05 AM
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Default RE: Tri cycle conversion to tail dragger question??

ORIGINAL: dmurf

Thanks lads for the advice but as I said the elevator is one piece across the rudder and to mount the tail wheel on the rudder I would have to cut the elevator in two. Is it worth the work.
No you would not have to cut the elevator. Use one of these pull-pull tailwheel assemblies. It is well worth the work.
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All you would need to do is:
1) Move the main landing gear to approximately where the leading edge of the wing is. To do this you epoxy 1/4" thick ply inside the fuselage as the base for the landing gear, drill the mounting holes and use blind nuts inside the fuselage to hold the bolts.
2) Assemble the tail wheel assembly shown above.
3) Adjust the CG balance
4) Learn the difference in ground handling.
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