Goldberg Tiger 2 taildragger conversion
 

Yesterday I converted my Goldberg Tiger 2 to a taildragger. I used the parts recomended by the manual. I am very happy with the results. The airplane requires less down elevator when inverted, pulls vertical from inverted better, appears to have faster top speed and in my opinion looks better. I highly recommned this conversion once you have mastered the plane in the tricycle gear configuration.

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Les, I couldn't agree more.....I converted mine in April of last year and have been extremely happy with it. I think it's weight dropped a couple of ounces with the conversion also.

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Did you use the klett main and tril gear and if so where did you find the parts?. Thanks

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I used the Klett 40-60 size main gear...it fit perfectly. I picked it up at a local hobby shop. I couldn't locate the Klett Tail Wheel....so I used a unit from Ohio Superstar Products..I purchased it at the Toledo Show......It has the type of steering setup that attaches to the rudder via control horns and springs, so you don't have to remove the rudder to install it.

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:D

I will be converting mine next year.

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I used the Klett main gear and tailwheel called out in the manual. It all fit perfectly and took me about 2.5 hrs. to complete the job. I am especially happy with the Klett main gear. I appears to be a composite of some sort and is light. It is springy so that if you come in for a hard landing it will give and bounce back to its original shape rather than the aluminum wich will bend and then good luck getting it aligned again. The Klett tailwheel setup is of very high quality too.

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I got all of the hardware needed from www.hobbybarn.com. They have good prices.

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Did you have to reinforce the fuselage where the landing gear mounts to? I checked out my ARF and the plywood seemed a little thin to connect the landing gear.

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When I did my friend's conversion last year (after a crash...I was rebuilding it anyway) I took a piece of 1/4" ply, large enough to support the aluminum gear, recessed the ply into the fuselage so the bottom of the fuse still "flowed" and then epoxied the ply to the fuselage in front of the wing and then glued some 1/2" tri-stock inside to spread the load to the fuselage sides.

Then add a Klett tailwheel.

It's been through hell and has no sign of wear. Hard to believe the plane below was smashed to bits from the leading edge forward. I also sorta kinda cowled in the motor so it looks good

Don

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Mine was very sturdy already......but my plane is from a few years back before Goldberg was bought out.

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I added a picture to #9 to sort of reinforce the theory of "don't throw it away until it's been sitting for a few days".

The plane was flown into a tree trunk and was pretty much toothpicks from the leading edge forward. My friend said he was going to toss it and I said to let me see what I can do. I think the end result speaks for itself. I made up the whole front end using the TLAR method (That Looks About Right) and cowled in the bottom.

It's still a sweet flyer.

Don

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I tried three ways of making it a taildragger, when I built it I made the wire supports infront of the spar and flew it that way for years like a chipmunk, wheelpants and all. I had a landing where I hit a hole left by a golfer and broke the supports out, so I relocated it to the fuselage like the plans state, I hated the rotation on take off and put it away to put the gear back in the wing someday. It sat there for 2 years and then a friend wanted a good tail dragger so I pulled it out and recovered the tiger 2 and used my GP Extra 300s gear on the wing just behind the fuse/wing joint. 3/16 ply replaced the thinner lite ply and glass cloth on the center section for strength. Two blind nuts and off it went with a HB 40 in it and on the tail was a klett spring pull/pull tailwheel. The only picture I have it half way thru recovering and rebuild.I ended up putting 128 metallic gold squares on the bottom of the wing.

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i need an instruction booklet for a tiger two kit goldberg products wants 9.95 for it i was wondering if some one might scan theirs and send me the file
thank you

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Acid, I THINK I might still have mine......let me look when I get home from work and I'll let you know.

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As im waiting for the glue to dry on my Tiger 2,
Where can you get the goldberg conversion kit. The phone number given in the book no one answers, and tower doesn't seem to carry. I would probally go with an 3rd party vendor but, i like the design of the goldberg kit. Where did you guys get your conversion kit?

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I had to call direct to Goldberg to get some parts. The LHS said that they cannot even order parts for the Tiger 2. Call the number in the instruction book during normal business hours on the east coast.

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cool, I may have to try that. Since i didn't have work today, i decided to kill some time at the hobby shop and i did find a klett main gear. I want to try the number again and see if i could get one ordered before i buy one locally.

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Ok,
Someone is got to help me out here.. Im slow, and the lack of decient instructions has gotten me confused. I got the conversion kit and the tailwheel is something else i tell you. Two long threaded rods, one goes through the rudder and one through the tailwheel hub. Anyway. Those Springs. how on earth are you supposed to attach them? There is maybe half an inch - 1 inch between the two rods and the spring is like 2-3 inches long. Do i need to cut it? Anybody got pictures of their tail wheel setup? Im really not liking it at all.
I have noticed there is a lot of slop from the tail wheel hub through the wheel, is that good? It just wobbles..

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I cut my springs to make them tight enough to allow the tailwheel to move with the rudder...but not too tight.

I'm not sure what you mean with the tailwheel wobble.....is it moving side to side, or is the hole in the tailwheel hub too big for the tailwheel wire. If so, you might have to use a different tailwheel with a smaller hole in the hub......although it shouldn't really give you a problem as-is.

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Well the wobble is the whole unit itself. the axle wire which is then going up through the hub etc. the wheel itself is allready a snug fit, so thats not it.. Ill post a picture when i get back home. Ill tell you i was about to rip the whole rudder off. It was really begin to irritate me.

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Hmmm.....sounds strange.....I'll have to see it.
Is it the Klett tailwheel? Mine is slightly different....it's the Ohio Superstar Products tailwheel assembly.

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glowplug,

I dont really care about the wobble thing, its the whole spring thing that was really pissing me off.
I also bought the ohio superstar tail wheel, I like it a lot better; then again its the springs... ARGH

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I'll have to look at mine later.....post that pic later too. I DO know that I did have to cut the springs......also, if I recall, there were some useless screws in there that I had to replace with others......the included ones were way too small.....I wonder if that is what's causing the wobble......

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As I promised, here is the pics of the tailwheel setup. Ill tell you looks all narled up. The kit (Carlgoldberg) came with 2 long threaded rods. Looks like crap!
Im seriously looking at the dubro tailwheel bracket that goes right into the rudder with no springs. Ill use a servo saver instead.

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That doesn't look anything like the Klett tailwheel assemblies I have bought. They must have changed the design.

That doesn't look like it will work too well, it may be better to go with the Du Bro model although the Sullivan model works nicely too. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXFV47&P=7