Mounting a tail wheel on a profile fuselage has always kind of been a nemisis of mine.  I could use some suggestions of a strong uncomplicated way of mounting a tail wheel on fuselage of a profile type plane.

Pictures or methods or both would be great.

Thanks

Mike

We use a scrap of motor mount stock with 2 blind nuts glued into a recess cut in the fuselage plank at the rear.  The gear itself is bent with a U at the top that slips under the screws.  It's excessively strong, and allows the gear to be removed, replaced, etc.  It takes longer to try to describe it then to actually make the mount and glue it in.

I do a modification of what Ralph does.  I drill a hole through the center of the dowel, then notch the top for a "j" bend to sit in.  Epoxy it all up after drilling the hole in the fuselage.  Usually a 1/4" dowel about 1"-1 1/2"  long.

I got this trick from Larry Cunningham's Building Better Profile articles:

1) bend wire so that the end that goes into the fuse has a 1" 90 degree bend.
2) Press it against the fuse where at 30-45 degree angle.
3) Dremel out a rough channel where the wire made an impression on the fuse. The channel needs to be 1/2 of fuse thickness at that point
4) Glue the wire in with SIG Epoxolite or Brodak Aeropoxy. Make sure to fill the entire channel.
5) Optionally, you can CA 1/64th plywood doublers on each side but like I said, it's optional.

In a pinch, if you don't have Epoxolite or Aeropoxy, use plain epoxy. The only reason to use Epoxolite/Aeropoxy is so save some weight.

By the way, Larry's profile article series is a very good read!
Go to: http://www.control-line.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=22
The articles are located about 2/3 of the way down.