?Anyways, my question today is about tail wheel springs. If I?m lucky my plane will look a bit like Pete Brautigam?s, and he has a very nice looking tail wheel spring set up. Most of the KR?s I see pictures of do not have tail wheel connect springs, which seems quite unusual. Clearly it must be ok. Is it?
Cheers, Owen Hughes _______________________________________________ ? I am assuming you are referencing the springs on the tailwheel steering cables typically found on other aircraft. I had them on my KR for a number of years. With a little slack in the steering cables, the springs were typically standing straight up while in flight. Generally speaking they were good for creating drag, but didn't serve much of a useful function for the plane. I eventually eliminated them and prefer to fly with just a little slack in the cables for the tailwheel steering. So on the ground, the primary steering is with the rudder. The cables to the tailwheel will turn the tailwheel a bit just before the rudder pedal bottoms out. Tight turns are always going to be made with the brakes anyway. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM
