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Design => Stunt design => Topic started by: Jim Morris on August 30, 2021, 12:06:35 PM
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Hello, I have a question about the Pathfinder, ARF,ARC or indifferent. The one thing I dont like about the Pathfinder is the nose gear. Has anybody ever built an ARF, ARC or indifferent Pathfinder with a conventional gear? Everything I have read is it flies great. Was looking at the Pathfinder or Cardinal. Ive been out of it for some time and need some stick time.
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Hi Jim
There are at least a couple ways to make the PF a tail dragger. Easiest is to swap the wing gear from side to side so they angle forward instead of aft. I would opt to get the axles forward roughly directly under the wing LE - but I like it more forward than most.
I converted my PF-ARF to electric & to a fuselage mounted gear using Brodak Aluminum Gear #BH-1776 and Fiberglass Wheel Pants #BH-856
In either case you have to cobble up a tail wheel system.
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Thanks for the replies. I havent seen a PF in a long time so wasnt really aware of the wing mounted gear, which I like BTW. Then again when you think about it, its really the only way to make a tricycle gear, (I guess).
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Was the original a tricycle gear?
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Hi Jim
There are at least a couple ways to make the PF a tail dragger. Easiest is to swap the wing gear from side to side so they angle forward instead of aft. I would opt to get the axles forward roughly directly under the wing LE - but I like it more forward than most.
I converted my PF-ARF to electric & to a fuselage mounted gear using Brodak Aluminum Gear #BH-1776 and Fiberglass Wheel Pants #BH-856
In either case you have to cobble up a tail wheel system.
Nice looking plane
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Was the original a tricycle gear?
Yes.