ORIGINAL: carrellh
I installed a 1/4 aircraft plywood plate in front of the servo tray, against the former at the front of the wing saddle. I installed 1/4-20 blind nuts and used nylon screws to attach the main gear.
I used a tail wheel assembly similar to
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXCLK9&P=0 and ran a pushrod from the rudder servo to turn it.
Some people drill through the stabilizer and run a steering wire through to the rudder. Others mount a servo under the rear of the fuselage and attach it to the tail wheel. My 60 size Big Stik needed a fair amount of lead on the tail so installing a servo back there may be a good idea.
carrellh,
I have the BS 60 and am considering the taildragger conversion. Do the 1/4-20 blind nuts work with the screws provided with the ARF's landing gear or do i need to get separate screws?
The battery I'm using is a 700map 4.8 cell running 5 servos. Is this enough juice to power a 6th servo for the tailwheel?
Also, if I go with the wire through the stab and into the rudder option, how would I attach the wire to the rudder? Currently, the rudder is already hinged/glued to the vertical stab. So unless I cut off the rudder and then rehinge it after adding the tailwire, I don't see a clear way to afix the tailwire to the rudder.
Any help is much appreciated.