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Thanks, I'll give that a shot once the rain finally stops.

Is there any recommended way of attaching the breakaway system: epoxy, drill and rivet, drill and bolt, or combination of some?

I recently purchased the breakaway tailwheel to assist in moving the plane around without the worry of potentially breaking the wheel off in the original design.
I have the KXP and it looks like the ...

Richard,
Thanks for the link and I'll try to remember it when I get another windows machine. Can I go back and resize the pics after they have been posted? I'm sure I can find an app for the Mac to ...

I seemed to have the. throttle open quite a ways as it ramped ups quickly (thank got it was tied to the truck). tail lifted up and everything. I'll try it with keeping the throttle closed to ensure t ...

Any recommendations on starting a Rotax 447? I have a prime bulb (like a boat gas tank) to prime the fuel pump, Primer to prime the carb, choke on, throttle cracked, ignition on, and pull start. Onc ...

here are some pictures that I took today. the attached gear are solid chromoly custom made ones and the fuselage side looks like there is a clamp system, but its not. the picture is of the original ...

anyone with a KXP here, could you verify that your main gear legs are 1" dad at the fuselage. I called to get the chromoly tube ones and they stated that the KXP had 1 1/4" dia gear legs an ...

I've been on the phone for about an hour with Kolb, trying to validate that I have a KXP based on gear leg diameter. They have confirmed the model, ut think my gear legs are sleeved.

Anyways, wan ...

Rick,
I bought some round tubing and I'll look at making some of those faces and see where they would mount to (existing bolts).

I've looked through the oh2fly website and there is a lot of good p ...

Larry,
thanks for the link to an upgraded tailwheel. which one is a direct mount, if any?

additionally, did you add those vertical bars to both sides to support the tailwheel assembly or just one ...

Larry,
thank you so much. for the pictures and the support. Glad I was able to bling a little more life to this site.

I do have a question about the vertical support to the tailwheel under. the b ...

I looked at those and they all seems to have an issue with the steerable tailwheel in that if you need to swing the tail to one side or another, you can't pivot around the tailwheel itself. the dolly ...

thats a great pic of the pin system, did you weld the rod onto a pin?

I really like that idea.

Thanks

Jay,
Thank you very much for everything. I guess if I plan to trailer the plane back and forth to the airport, I'm going to have to come up with some other support system.

Thanks for the pin reco ...

Does this tailwheel look like an issue? I've been trying to come up with a way to move the plane around with the wings folded, but haven't found the right solution. but when I was moving it around on ...

I think that is going to be my plan: unfold the wings, secure it to something substantial, and then start ups and run till operating temps. that should give me a pretty good feeling for proper start ...

Thank you for your feedback and thinking about the CG issue could be an issue rather quickly. I've thought about the spinning prop issue too and it's not worth the risk.

thanks again.

Another question pin size for when the wings are folded back against the boom.

I used 5/16 but. they are really small and tried 1/8 and they seemed too tight.

Thanks
Jeremy

Just picked up a 2005 KXP and have it at my house to do some maintenance after purchase. curious if I can run the engine and taxi around with the wings off it? looking at getting the engine up to te ...

Thanks for the feedback and I'll take a look at the hinges.