Swift Tailwheel Exchange HD 720p
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Our latest update to our Swift restoration! Swapping a solid rubber, free castering tailwheel for a pneumatic, steerable tailwheel. We're excited to share our progress as we endeavor to restore our 1946 Globe Swift to make her the safest and most capable Swift flying!
Are you keeping the old A frame and fork?
We are for the time being - we may end up picking up another Swift project before it's all said and done. If we decide we aren't tackling another Swift project, however, we'll make sure the part is available to the Swift community in some form to help keep these wonderful, classic aircraft flying!
Does that airplane have the “walking arms” in the tail for connecting the steerable tailwheel to the rudder cables?
I've not hear them called that, but I can definitely see how it's an accurate name - yes! I think those are the "bell cranks" I reference toward the end of the video. We didn't have time the day we filmed this to get those mounted. We're planning to mount those when we get in to run the new rudder cables. If you'd like to see more on that, we'll plan to include it in our video on rigging everything up. Stay tuned!
It looks as though the A frame was exchanged for a different A frame, can you clarify? What is the paint and wheel assembly used?
Yes, the A-frame is changed out! We elaborate a bit on this and the paint we used starting at about 40 seconds into the video. The A-frame we installed is covered under the Swift TCDS and was a factory part from Temco. The wheel assembly is a Scott 3250, also covered under the Swift TCDS. Have you come across these steerable tailwheels on Swifts before? We'd love to hear your Swift stories!