Intruder 90 Tail Dragger??
 

Any of you guys have turned your WM Intruder into a tail dragger?

Our field is pretty rough.

RE: Intruder 90 Tail Dragger??
 

:D I've coverted three A-6s to tail draggers. Not a big deal. Can I help?

RE: Intruder 90 Tail Dragger??
 

Skip, I wouldn't mind seeing how you converted your Intruders. I'm building one now and have been going back and forth trying to decide whether to leave it as a trike or to go tail dragger. I would personally like to make it a tail dragger with the mains in the wing, but I'm not thrilled with the idea of cutting into the wing.

Bob Cox

RE: Intruder 90 Tail Dragger??
 

Bob

Hope this helps.

Ed K.

RE: Intruder 90 Tail Dragger??
 

I didn't take any pictures.Just cut open the bottom of the wing just enough and make up some ply formers to support the landing gear blocks. I bought some new blocks at the LHS. I set the new gear up parallel to the original so that the axles are very close to the leading edge. Some 1/16 ply on each rib as doublers should suffice. I used hard maple blocks on the bottom of the gear rails and then drilled to accept the 5/32 landing gear which I had bent up by a friend. I wish I had some picture s for you but I don't. The whole process to about a days work. By the way , I used a sullivan tail wheel assembly also. As a footnote: I had a block rip out of the wing after about 200 flights on this plane from a bad landing on a not-so-smooth grass runway.I accept part of the blame but make sure you get the new gear supported as well as you can.

RE: Intruder 90 Tail Dragger??
 

With the narrow track and the gear foward of the leading edge, thats not going to be much better than a trike.

You may be able to improve the trike gear with a better nose gear.

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