> "Mark Jones" <flyk...@wi.rr.com> writes:
> .....
> I think I will install a fake tail wheel (like an inline skate
> wheel) on the back with a swivel.
Not as silly an idea as it may seem. Virtually all American
Yankees and Grumman Trainers have skid marks on their
plastic tailcones caused by hitting and dragging the tail on
a less-than-perfect landing. A desk chair caster wheel back
there would be an obvious answer, not to mention reinforcing
the idea of "training wheel on the front". <G>
Saw a photo recently of a Fouga Meister (sp?) jet warbird ---
tucked into the ventral fin was exactly such a "fourth wheel" !
Art Cacella 1970 American AA-1 N6155L "Dinkie"
1972 KR-1 Plans, still not started <sigh>
( but four metal homebuilts underway )
Winston-Salem, NC
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