Tony, I agree with David Joyce and furthermore while my aircraft was a
mono-wheel
for 16 years, I did temporarily move the battery from the engine bay to inside
the rear fuselage. My old classic has the baggage bay bulkhead further forward.
I and three experienced friends who share my aircraft all agreed that having the
C of G further aft was a mistake, because the tendency to swing off runway
direction
on landing was noticeably worse.
Having the original very direct steering tail-wheel under the fin gave us
immediate
feedback to directional control issues on the ground, which can be masked
by the springy links in the more recently extended tail-wheel design.
I know this for sure because I did the first test flights for a friend's 914
mono-wheel
aircraft and have flown it for several hours subsequently. Please take
the advice to keep the C of G mid-range or a little forward. You won't risk
it nosing over when applying the brake as long as you keep the stick fully back.
The tail-planes are very powerful.
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