Got my taildragger endorsement in a champ... also got my first airplane scar hand propping one for my Instructor. (The thing bit me when it kicked back...)
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 09:08:43 -0600, Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Larry Flesner wrote: > >> As for the tubing for a spacer, just make sure it's heavy enough >> wall thickness that you can snug down the rod end bearing >> without crushing the tubing. Use you best judgement. > > Over the years, I've ended up with thickwall aluminum tubing for just > about > every size bolt. Just find the thickest wall tubing in the Wicks (or > AS&S, > if you must) catalog that has a few thousands clearance for your bolt > (inside diameter). I buy a foot or two so I always have some on hand. > > I got an hour of Champ taildragger time in yesterday, and the thing > practically landed itself. Flying and keeping the ball centered was an > entirely different matter though! I've befriended a local CFI who owns > four > taildraggers by making him a fiberglass nosebowl for one of his two > Swifts. > It was easy (I borrowed a mold), but it's like Dana said, I now have a > friend for life. He's going to get me tailwheel endorsed and my BFR, and > I'll be ready for some KR time. I've got news though, the KRs I've flown > (about 6 of them) fly a whole lot easier than this Champ! If the weather > holds up, I' should get in another 7 or 8 landings today... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
