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Title: Tail Wheels
Post by: Dan Bregar on June 10, 2013, 04:09:08 PM

Anyone know of a good source for small dia. tail wheels. Like 1/2" or less ?  :P

Title: Re: Tail Wheels
Post by: Geoff Goodworth on June 10, 2013, 04:51:14 PM

Small toy cars or trucks.

Title: Re: Tail Wheels
Post by: Howard Rush on June 10, 2013, 06:35:46 PM

I got some of these: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHJA7 .  They are light and have held up OK so far. 

Title: Re: Tail Wheels
Post by: Randy Powell on June 10, 2013, 09:35:18 PM

Wait, Howard, you use tail wheels?

Title: Re: Tail Wheels
Post by: wwwarbird on June 11, 2013, 10:12:29 PM

 Sullivan sells some nice wheels in 1, 3/4 and 1/2" sizes. Real rubber and aluminum hubs. I've also seen the exact same ones sold in Perfect packaging.

Title: Re: Tail Wheels
Post by: FLOYD CARTER on June 11, 2013, 10:39:38 PM

It's a real good idea to zap a little CA on those rubber tire tailwheels on Al hubs.  They tend to separate after a while.  I got tired of looking all over the field for the tire, so I now just run the Aluminum hub  (noisy, but it works)

Floyd