At 12:16 PM 10/28/04 -0400, you wrote: >Larry; obvious solution, to me at least is when faced with this situation, >move the whole tailwheel assembly forward 1 bay and make associated changes >to assembly to work in that position. >Doug Rupert ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I like my tailwheel all the way to the back of my 24" fuselage stretch and with the wide gear my KR handles GREAT on the ground. I'll not trade my steerable / full-swivel tailwheel for any other setup. I would however like to have a small pneumatic tire instead of the solid tire I have now. I did some taxi test one day with a pneumatic tire and the differance was astounding as far as the noise level goes. Mark is probably right when he says the pneumatic wheel/tire weight would be the same or lighter than a solid tire. The wheel he found looks good but the 1/4" axle size probably won't handle my tail weight with a single fork tailwheel assembly. To make it work I'd have to find different size bearings and there we go again. I'll probably just put up with a little tailwheel noise and go fly. Mine is only noisy on a rough surface and makes very little noise on new asphalt. It doesn't make any noise at all on grass! :-) Larry Flesner
