Tail Wheel-grass strip

[Wayne Galligan]

The most dependable tail wheel I have ever used since the 70's is this.  I
know many people using this method with good results.

3/32 piano wire and a piece of hard brass tubing that the wire will slide
into.
Epoxy the brass tube into the bottom of the fuse about 1/4 inch forward of
the rudder post.  Make it about an 1.25 deep.   Bend the piano wire to the
desired shape for you tail wheel so that it is about 1.5 to 2 inches back
under the rudder.  Use your style of tail wheel.  Use a 3/32 wheel collar
with a 1" 4-40 socket head bolt  and attach  the collar to the wire so the
bolt trails back under the rudder.   Go to ACE Hardware and get a fairly
stiff spring that is about 1/4" dia and about 1.25 inches long.   Slide it
over the bolt and tail wheel assembly.   Set a hard point of 1/4 dowel in
the rudder far enough back so the spring will have a light tension on it and
use a small eye hook trimmed to allow hooking the spring on to it.  Hook the
spring onto the hook and pull the tail wheel assembly back to the brass tube
and slide it in.  The pressure on the spring will keep the tail wheel
assembly in the tube.  Never had one fall out.  VERY easy to maintain an
take the wheel off for cleaning,/repair if needed.  I have only had one
failure and that was due to a very hard landing and the wire snapped.
Popped in a spare I hade and away I went.

Smooth FLying...

If you need a photo email me of line.

Wayne Galligan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Kane" <getterflash at yahoo.com>
To: <brianyemail-nsrca at yahoo.com>; "nsrca" <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: Tail Wheel-grass strip


> I use the "Pannell" tailwheel. He built the tailwheel
> assembly on my El Nino, I copied it for the new
> Temptation. There is a writeup with a couple of
> pictures in the March K-Factor.
>
>
> --- brianyemail-nsrca at yahoo.com wrote:
> > You guys flying off grass regularly...what are you
> > using for a tail wheel bracket?  Im used to pavement
> > but now found a grass strip closer. I notice my
> > dubro
> > tailwheel bends pretty good.
> >
> > Thanks
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