Jim, that's a great idea, wish I'd thought of it. I need to work on my creativity with this process. Thanks, that's what I will do.
Jim, that's a great idea, wish I'd thought of it. I need to work on my creativity with this process. Thanks, that's what I will do.
Mark Sprague
914 Series 6 - flying
We made this. I have a couple extra spring thicknesses to clear some mods I made on the rudder. Machined the aluminum block. I didn't like the thin AN3 bolts.....
-Mike Kraus
RV-4 built and sold :-(
RV-10 built and flying
KitFox SS7 built and flying and now on amphib floats!
1/2" square tube welded to external rudder stop plate. Held together by AN-4 bolts. Over 700 hours on the assembly.
...one more angle.
...looking up. Incidentally, it's the original Matco tail wheel with 835 hours.
Had the front bolt on the tailwheel spring break off at the nut a couple days ago. Does this look like a good fix? 😉 (It did get me home.)
Pete
Leander, TX
Model III SN 1000
912
Grove
Wow. Using the casters off a floor jack for an emergency tail wheel. Now that's creative.
Pete, I had the same thing happen to me a year ago, before I changed to the Grove aluminum tailwheel spring system. I got home by using a heavy wire coat hanger borrowed from the nearby FBO. I threaded it several times thru the small hollow cross tube just above the spring and around the spring about 3 good wraps held fine during takeoff and landing at home. Looks like you also used that cross tube.
Jim Ott
Portland, OR
Kitfox SS7 flying
Rotax 912ULS
😉😇 used a 6" long bolt through the fuselage tube with some 3/8" drive sockets and a few washers to use up the excess bolt length. Put a couple eye bolts down to a piece of aluminum angle. Also used 3/8 sockets to use up the extra bolt length. You use what you can get. Looks good enough to leave they way. 😉
Pete
Leander, TX
Model III SN 1000
912
Grove