Question on Mountin Tail Wheel
 

I have a Carbon Fiber Tailwheel from Graphtech I am going to mount and need some guidance. Does the axel of the tailewheel need to line up with the hingeline of the rudder? Is there some hard-fast rule on where this should be mounted? Also, the graphtech kit came with one spring, should there be two?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

RE: Question on Mountin Tail Wheel
 

I am going to make a guesstimate here. Without seeing the set up I would say the pivot point of the bracket should be in line with the rudder hinge line. The spring sounds like one end goes to the bottom of the rudder and the other to a tiller coming off the top of the bracket. The metal wire would run up through the bracket and turn towards the rudder at a 90 degree angle to the bracket. The spring would act as a shock absorbing device to keep shock loads off the rudder servo. Look at a Sullivan set up. It sounds an awful lot like one of thier set ups. I hope I didn't confuse you too much. Good luck with the model.

Mark Shuman

RE: Question on Mountin Tail Wheel
 

Typically the wheel itself is far behind the rudder hinge line. The spring needs to be cut in half or whatever lengths work best for your application.

RE: Question on Mountin Tail Wheel
 

Excellent, thank you. What kind of model is that?

RE: Question on Mountin Tail Wheel
 

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