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Figure 11
7. Locate your tailwheel package and have the fuselage supported to aid in
this installation step. Begin by drilling a 1/8” hole centered in the bottom of
the rudder approximately 3” aft of the rudder hinge line. Then insert the
white ball link that will support the tiller arm and use 30 minute epoxy
(suggest roughening the ball link for better adhesion). Now mount the carbon
fiber tailwheel gear using the 3 bolts/washers and blue thread lock. If you are
comfortable grinding flat spots on the gear then now is the time to do that.
Take the tailwheel gear and grind small flat spots for the wheel collars (such
as we did with the main gear axles) and another flat spot on the upper portion
of the wire that will insert into the tiller housing. You will notice on the tiller
housing there are two set screws, the lower is for the tailwheel wire and the
upper is for the tiller arm. Insert the tiller housing into the tailwheel bracket
and tighten the nylon insert nut onto the bottom side of the tailwheel bracket.
Once you have the flat spots then install the tiller arm thru the eyelet of the
ball link. Now install a wheel collar on the tailwheel wire and insert the
tailwheel wire up thru the gear bracket and into the tiller housing and tighten,
also tighten that wheel collar at the bottom of the tailwheel bracket and be
sure to use blue thread lock on all set screws. See figures 12 & 13.
Figure 12
