Adding a Steerable Tail wheel the FT Mustang

Adding a Steerable Tail wheel the FT Mustang

This is how I added a steerable tail wheel the FT Mustang. This install could be done on any of the FT tail dragger planes. Need to give a shout out to Alp and his awesome Corsair for the tail wheel idea!

http://forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?16244-F4U-Black-Corsair&highlight=alps+corsair

Installation

So first you are going to need an FT Plane and a tail wheel. I found this one on Hobbyking for a couple bucks. It's a nice design. It has a mounting plate, and control horn installed. (You can't see the control horn from this angle)

Here's the underside of the tail section on my FT Mustang

In this picture you can see that once I removed the mounting plate I could put it in place and then trace around it. The hole is then cut about an 1/8" inside my trace mark. I did an angle cut like the top of a pumpkin.

You also want to guess or measure the control horn location and cut a hole it the side of the fuselage.

Then you can hot glue the mount in place.

Then mount the wheel

Then use a small piece of pushrod to make a connection to the rudder control horn. I used a linkage stopper for easy adjustment.

As you can see it makes it so much easier to taxi. I want to do this to all my tail draggers.

Parts

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__23401__Durafly_P_47_1100mm_Replacement_Tail_Wheel_Set.html

Let me know if you guys put this on any other planes. I would love to hear how if works out