Tail Wheel-grass strip

[Terry Brox]

I do the same thing except I just slip a piece of fuel tubing over the 4-40 
and run a servo screw  through the tubing into a dowel buried in the rudder. 
Need to replace the tubing on occasion, but its cheap.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Galligan" <wgalligan at goodsonacura.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: Tail Wheel-grass strip


> 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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