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| Subject: | Re: Rocket Tail wheel - what to use? |
Gday Jay!
My HR2 had the exact same setup. I removed the spring and sawed off the 90 d
egree bend. Then, using a lathe turned the end until the taper was removed a
nd would slide into an API tailwheel. I like the API tailwheel personally bu
t Vince"s Fly boy TW is equally "Sierra Hotel".
I did purchase my tail wheel from Vince as its light and has a neat hubcap I
polished for the "retro" look. I also purchased the dual stainless steel ad
justable springs from Vans instead of the single Rod "rocket link" as my rou
gh turf strip made short work of it. Here are links to all three products:
http://www.flyboyaccessories.com/
www.apitailwheels.com/products/products.html
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/pdf/
Fair Dinkum?
V/R
Smokey
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 20, 2016, at 22:16, Jay McIntyre <cjaviator@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> The Harmon Rocket I look after has bent the tail wheel fork and we are won
dering what to replace it with as we cannot positively ID what model and P/N
the darned thing is. I am not prepared to take a guess and have a new fork s
hipped out at great cost only to be wrong so replacement with a good proven,
strong one of known P/N might be the best way forward.
> The aircraft has a RV4 tail wheel stinger fitted and the owner would like a
s big a wheel as possible for rough strip operations (although I must admit I
am concerned to large a diameter might cause more rudder strikes with assoc
iated damage!)
> Any recommendations out there on what we should use?
>
> All thoughts gratefully and graciously considered!
>
> Regards, Jay
> New Zealand
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