Tail skid needed

[birddog486 21]

Does anyone have an old tail spring laying around for an avid they would let go cheap?

 

I need to put something on the tail of my Tri gear and I'm thinking this would work the best.

 

Travis

[High Country 69]

can't help with the tail spring but would recommend if you have any local metal recyclers in your area the ones around here have a section of good used metal that they sell for scrap prices back to you. if so you can probably find what you need for a buck or so. small enough piece and they will probably just give it to you. 

[akflyer 1427]

or go to the hardware store and get a http://www.mfrexpress.com/38x112-stainless-shoulder-eye-bolt-full-thread-p-1160.html?gclid=CIPQlqfxkL4CFYdrfgody7AAhw

 

This will give you a nice tie down point as well if your going to have it outside where the wind can get to you.

 

[dholly 718]

My Aerotrek has a fiberglass tail skid. It broke.

[EDMO 1078]

I like the combination of the eye-bolt and a Cessna type spring leaf tailskid - you get security for tie-down, and a lot of noise when the tail gets too close to the concrete or rocks.   The aluminum spring used on some Kitfoxes is good too.

EdMO

[birddog486 21]

I'd like to find an old spring/skid so I can slip a caster wheel onto it before I fold the wings on my tri-gear. That way I can roll it around with the wings folded.

[EDMO 1078]

Why not just leave the tailwheel on?

EDMO

[IFMT 36]

The spring is nothing to special. A piece of old trailer spring cut to the right length. Use the hole where the center bolt went through. A good bit and slow drilling speed will drill through spring steel. Use a grinder to shape the sides where it fits into the saddle. Probably take an hour for everything if you have a basic workshop. B