Twin 1
Twin 2
All I can say is Yahoo! This thing is a kick to fly as a taildragger! The conversion took about a week of elapsed time as I needed to get some parts, paint the steel parts on the tail spring, and get everything done. The actual moving of the gear took a couple of hours using an engine hoist on the motor mounts. I upgrade the Matco tailwheel with the kit they sell. It gives you 2 bearing surfaces instead of 1 on the fixed part of the mount. Seems like a good upgrade. It also gives you a grease fitting to keep things moving smoothly. I put 8.5x6 Air Trac tires on the mains and thus far am running about 20psi in them. Sure is fun setup this way!