No details to hand but it could be a new design and manufacture - is not
impossible.
It would also be possible to replace the (Mod 43) tailwheel spring with a carbon
fibre version. This would require testing off aircraft (to match spring rate
and test strength) but could save a considerable part of the 10.2 lbs of the
total mass (which may include the additional reinforcements installed anyway).
I would probably go with a moulded CF version myself - UD tows inside wrapped
with
woven. Using a Ti bush for the attachment bolt.
A Ti tailwheel could be made using a copy CNC machine.
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John Wighton
Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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