Ron Wright wrote: > 1. Do any of you with tailwheels have any adjustment between the > tailwheel and rudder? Turnbuckle etc.? This is to align the tailwheel > and rudder.
Yep. Basically I spliced my tailwheel cables onto my rudder cables, and shortly after the splice introduced two turnbuckles to do exactly that. They are spliced with a nicopress fitting, which works fine fore changing the relationship between rudder and tailwheel, as well as allows controlling the tension in teh tail wheel cables. > 2. Do any of you use springs between the rudder cable and tailwheel? If > so, about how strong are the springs you are using? I followed Troy Petteway's lead and have no springs on the tailwheel. It saves weight, money, and external drag. I haven't seen a downside to it yet. We leave a little slop in the tailwheel cables to act as a buffer, but I recently added a small and lightweight bungee cord between left cable and right cable just to take the slap out of it. The tailwheel cables would rattle against the fuselage sometimes, and the bungee cord cured that. > 3. Any photos sent direct to me of your installation would be > appreciated. Send direct to: I'll have to look for those, or make some next time I'm home... Mark Langford N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website at http://www.N56ML.com
