---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 06/14/03: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:51 PM - Re: RV-9 (little wheel in the back) (Jill and Tom Welch) 2. 03:19 PM - Re: RV-9 (little wheel in the back) (Haywire) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:51:37 PM PST US From: "Jill and Tom Welch" Subject: Re: RV9-List: RV-9 (little wheel in the back) --> RV9-List message posted by: "Jill and Tom Welch" Hi guys, I am the third (real airplane) rv9.I was wondering what stage you guys are at.I am down to gear and electrical.If you are interested there are pics of my project on the yahoo group E-subie forum in photo sect.as I am installing a subaru eng. Tom ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:19:55 PM PST US From: "Haywire" Subject: RE: RV9-List: RV-9 (little wheel in the back) --> RV9-List message posted by: "Haywire" Actually I've got you all beat. I built my own engine mount (for a rotary engine) that has mount options for main gear and nose gear and have main gear mounts in the fuselage and a tail wheel mount. I did this almost a year before Van's came out with the tailwheel option. I'm secure enough in my masculinity to put the little wheel any damn place I want it. My reasons for doing this is that I believe the trike configuration to be better for short rough strips, but the taildragger is necessary for ski operations due to a lack of differential braking. First flights will be as a trike (in about a month). I'll try it as a TD possibly this winter. S. Todd Bartrim Turbo 13B rotary powered RV-9endurance (FWF) C-FSTB http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm "Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe in, Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass". > ---