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  1. PaulSS added a post in a topic Converting a nose dragger   

    Thank you all for your informative and extremely helpful posts. I think, looking at the photos of the Magnum for sale, that it was one of the ones that came as a nose wheel version because it has got the free castoring gear. So maybe I'd have to buy a hacksaw to go with my wrench and hammer. I don't know if this particular buy will ever come to fruition but even if it doesn't I'm certainly a look more clued up on an aircraft that I think would do what I want it to do in terms of STOL capability, load lift and cruise speed. The Nirvana of flying machines 
    Ron, I love your paint scheme and even better with the cowl extensions you've manufactured. I reckon even my wife would like that and she's not the biggest fan of aircraft (even if they do enable me to pay the bills). One day I may well steal some of your artistic talent and blatantly copy it 
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  2. PaulSS added a post in a topic Converting a nose dragger   

    Well that's brilliant news (for me). If they were originally made as taildraggers then clearly this one has been converted and possibly, maybe, perhaps it wouldn't be a huge deal to reveal the previous brackets, attachment points etc for the tailwheel. I think even I might be able to manage taking a nose wheel off......so long as my adjustable spanner (wrench) and hammer are all I need 
    Now over to Google to see what the Bush Cabana Gear is all about. Thanks EDMO  
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  3. PaulSS added a post in a topic Converting a nose dragger   

    Thank you for your replies so far and for taking the time to try and educate a complete novice. 
    Dholly, that was what I was thinking when it comes to the actual operation i.e. replace the existing gear with the longer Grove struts (to get the prop further away from the ground) and do a bit of cutting and pasting down the back  I think I will dig out a load of the frame photos that people have posted and look more carefully at the taildragger setup before they get covered. It's not something I've really examined too carefully before but it might be an indication of just how difficult the cutting and pasting is.
    EDMO, thank you for your detailed reply and links to useful 'experts to know'  I appreciate the hard work you're going through but, if I were to buy the aircraft I've seen, then I would be doing the opposite to you i.e. converting a nose wheel aircraft to a taildragger. Obviously it would be fitted with a nosegear mount at the moment but is it an easy job to just remove the gear from the mount? I would probably leave the mount where it is, just in case someone wished to change back to nosegear after me. The machine I'm lusting over has the IO 320 and 160hp and claims 130mph cruise speeds, so that is a very attractive claim. Good STOL capability, decent cruise and an 800lb useful load sounds just about ideal to me. No doubt I'll spend too much time wondering and it'll be sold the next time I look but I've also got to think about transporting it to either England or Australia........you guys have got it good in the States 
    Incidentally, does anyone know how wide a Magnum is with the wings folded? I'm wondering if one would fit in a stock 20' or 40' shipping container.
    Thanks again, everyone, it's just a shame we can't do this chatting stuff sat around a hangar with a beer or two.
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  4. PaulSS added a topic in Avid Magnum   

    Converting a nose dragger
    Hi everyone,
    Yes, I'm almost as new here as I am to the Kitfox Forum but I've recently been looking with a view to buy one of these type of aircraft and have begun digging more information on the Magnum. I have to take a lot of the information at face value, having never flown one, but they do seem to do exactly what I would like. The take off performance (probably the most important bit for me) is great and I do like the ability to carry a reasonable load and cruise at better than Kitfox speeds. I'm not concerned with the LSA side of things, so am more than happy to benefit from the 'full cream' version of an aircraft. Having said all of this, I have finally sourced what, to me, looks a decent aircraft but it has one problem; yes, the little wheel is at the wrong end  Now, you'll have to forgive a complete numpty like me and I have, really, but one question: is the Magnum similar to the Kitfox, where converting from a nose dragger to tail dragger is quite a simple matter?
    Of course, any other information you're able to divulge about the process would be excellent but I really do not want a nose wheel and it would be great news if converting was a matter of a few hours with a hacksaw and a hammer.................you can probably deduce that I've never been clever enough to build my own aircraft (Mr Boeing does a better job than I ever will).
    Thank you for your forbearance and I welcome your comments 
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