Did my first taxi yesterday

[danny_galaga]

Right now, it only turns left 😄

 

Brake design is woeful. Some tinkering is needed.

 

 

[KRviator]

From personal experience with my RV, don't be in so much of a rush to the finish line you stumble at the last hurdle... First flight seems "so close" but I still missed bleedin' obvious things I should have picked up on...

[danny_galaga]

Once I've nailed down the brake pedal issue. I'm starting from page 1 in the build manual to check everything but, bolt, split pin and cable. Then more shake downs. I'm in no rush anymore. I'm almost not even excited. So I can happily just taxi it for the next month before I get the final inspections down 😄

[skippydiesel]

She looks to be a beeeeety! Congratulations.

[facthunter]

 Doesn't the tailwheel steer? . Jack each wheel up in turn and feel how the brakes are applying. I forgot, are they cable? Nev

[danny_galaga]

4 hours ago, facthunter said:

 Doesn't the tailwheel steer? . Jack each wheel up in turn and feel how the brakes are applying. I forgot, are they cable? Nev

Cables, with a springy connecty thing. I guess for damping of major directional shifts. Also allows the wheel to swivel backwards when pushing. Bit of a pain, mind .

 

The brakes are more or less hydraulically sound. Issue is I can't reach the right hand toe pedal. Hence I'm basically only turning left 😄

I've got a tip from a fellow Bushcat owner, and he's done what I've been thinking - bolting a rubber door stop to the toe brake pedal. 

 

This is more or less the one. A matco

 

https://matcoals.com/product/tailwheel-dual-fork-8-pneu/

 

Anyway, this thread is more about showing him off (all my cars have been a 'he' for ever. So it will be with my plane) than fault finding 

Edited November 20, 2023 by danny_galaga