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Thread: Is there an option for an off airport nosewheel setup for S7 like the nosewheel XCub?

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    Default Is there an option for an off airport nosewheel setup for S7 like the nosewheel XCub?

    Flying off phase 1 hours in my Super Sport S7 and seriously contemplating switching to a nosewheel configuration.
    I went to Stick and Rudder in 2020 and got my tailwheel endorsement during a weeks worth of flying so I am reasonable comfortable with a tailwheel.
    However, knowing that the hours of practice needed to maintain proficiency for me in a tailwheel will be tough to do has me looking at this.
    I'm not saying I couldn't be a safe flyer but the accident rates for tailwheel airplanes speaks for itself. I put in a parachute so my mindset is generally about risk mitigation.
    I am also trying to be realistic in that every strip we landed at in Idaho I could have landed my CTLSi and I have no plans to land on river banks or gravel bars, just local grass strips.

    So my question is whether there is a big tire trailing link or some other robust nosewheel option for the S7?
    I have the factory nosewheel gear already and could change it to take a larger tire but don't want to reinvent the wheel (literally) if I don't have to.
    I don't have big tires on it now, just the ones that came with the kit but have some 26"ers ready to go and would like a "balanced" nosewheel option.

    Don't misunderstand this post as saying that tailwheel planes are dangerous but my experience is that the margin for error in a tailwheel is smaller than a tricycle gear plane for me.

    Thanks

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    Default Re: Is there an option for an off airport nosewheel setup for S7 like the nosewheel X

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    So my question is whether there is a big tire trailing link or some other robust nosewheel option for the S7?
    I have the factory nosewheel gear already and could change it to take a larger tire but don't want to reinvent the wheel (literally) if I don't have to.
    I don't have big tires on it now, just the ones that came with the kit but have some 26"ers ready to go and would like a "balanced" nosewheel option.
    Thanks[/QUOTE]



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    Default Re: Is there an option for an off airport nosewheel setup for S7 like the nosewheel X

    The Rans S21 Outbound has a "Tundra" option nosewheel that looks very similar to the Kitfox design. I have wondered if it can be easily adapted.

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    There's more info in their build/parts manual.
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    Default Re: Is there an option for an off airport nosewheel setup for S7 like the nosewheel X

    not mine but seen this awile back on a model 7.
    nosewheel.jpg

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    Default Re: Is there an option for an off airport nosewheel setup for S7 like the nosewheel X

    this is my setup on a model 5. I have 22" mains and i made a longer nose bushing and got rid of the AN4 rod end bearing. Kind of a long story but i went to this set up because my previousAN4 rod end bearing broke resulting in a prop strike and bent motor mount. Eventually I am thinking about adding a larger nose wheel.kitfox gear 2.jpgkitfox gear 3.jpg
    kitfox gear 1.jpg

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