Tail Wheel preferences?

[Brent Williams]

What are you guys using, (that is currently available,) for the tail wheel on your planes? 
A quick search indicates the DuBro 75TW 3/4" Tailwheel and the lighter 1" foam 100MW Mini Lite Wheel are pretty easy to source.
There are some interesting 16mm and 20mm wheel selections on AliExpress.  Any other tailwheel choices I should start to hoard?

[Reptoid]

This one works well for me

https://www.amainhobbies.com/sullivan-tail-wheel-3-4-sul351/p117691

[Perry Rose]

Wheels from a plastic model kit.

[Ken Culbertson]

There are some interesting 16mm and 20mm wheel selections on AliExpress.  Any other tailwheel choices I should start to hoard?

I stopped using those, both main and tail, because they melt and form flat spots on a Texas asphalt circle.  They narrow ones (main tires) also throw the tire from the rim allot if you don't CA them in place.

Ken

[Tim Wescott]

Years ago I cruised Goodwill and found a semi tractor toy that had 1/2-in wheels on it. Nice rubber tires. I can either drill proper sized holes in the wheels and use them as is, or I can turn aluminum hubs which is about the right speed for my machining capabilities.

I'm still working through those.

If your notion of "currently available" stretches to flea Bay, there's probably a lot of new old stock tail wheels on there if you dig.

[Dave_Trible]

Sullivan still has nice tail wheels and are a little lighter and narrower than Dubro which is also fine.

Dave

[Dan McEntee]

Sullivan still has nice tail wheels and are a little lighter and narrower than Dubro which is also fine.

Dave

    I haven't checked their website for wheels yet, but they have cut back on a lot of other stuff since they were bought out about a year ago. Their line of fuel tanks is greatly reduced.

  Type at you later,
  Dan McEntee

[Dan Berry]

Use the square wheel instead of the triangular wheel.
One less bump per revolution.

[Lauri Malila]

What are you guys using, (that is currently available,) for the tail wheel on your planes? 
A quick search indicates the DuBro 75TW 3/4" Tailwheel and the lighter 1" foam 100MW Mini Lite Wheel are pretty easy to source.
There are some interesting 16mm and 20mm wheel selections on AliExpress.  Any other tailwheel choices I should start to hoard?

Williams bros Smooth contour 3/4" is nice.
Don't know if the company still exists, but Ebay has them for sure. L

[Brett Buck]

This one works well for me

https://www.amainhobbies.com/sullivan-tail-wheel-3-4-sul351/p117691

  Those are the ones I use. We drill out the hole so that you can press-fit the 1/2A silicone tubing as the bearing. That makes it almost silent when it rolls.

    Brett

[fred cesquim]

sullyvan design is great but the rubber cracks shortly ( had more than 20 cracked )
du-bro lasts decades

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