Thanks Ken. I saw your pics in another SSE thread and this is why I asked. I guess I am confused as to the spring. From the picture, it looks like when the rudder moves, the spring move take all that movement and therefore the wheel would never turn? As I will be taking off on pavement or grass, I was playing around with the idea of ditching wheel altogether and getting a [link=http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDCT8&P=0]skid[/link]

DEADEYE: Where would the ply be mounted?

TH is out of stock on ST51 (late Jan expected!!!) so I might have to switch to the Magnum XLS-52....any comments on the Magnum?, or should I wait until Jan (I won't be flying during snow season anyway).