Conventioinal gear Mooney????

[1964-M20E]

Just playing around but this is what our beloved Mooney might look like as a tail drager.

 

 

[carl]

Looks fast !

[MB65E]

Haha, it wouldn't need the step anymore. I'm sure it would work. Even closer to the P51. The tail wheel would need to be forward a bit. It would be lighter w/o all the steel in the nose. 

Fun,

-Matt

[thinwing]

It would be handful

[aviatoreb]

Better ground clearance too for rough terrain.  Ok - somebody make an STC.

[kmyfm20s]

With my tall dash, high nose up attitude and as close as the tail of my long body is to the ground. It kinda already is a tail dragger!

[aviatoreb]

I read once there is an STC for a tail dragger conversion for the Grumman Yankee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqr_o4vuHTs

[Marauder]

Already been done. It's called a Swift.

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[carusoam]

You guys are amazing!

All kinds of talent shows up when you guys get drifting...

Best regards,

-a-

[Hank]

13 minutes ago, Marauder said:

Already been done. It's called a Swift.

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Heard one of those talking to Atlanta Approach last weekend. The controller didn't know what it was, had to ask for his type. Twice!    Cool planes, imtink.

[Hector]

Not sure the all moving tail design of a Mooney lends itself well for a tail wheel. Might have to sharpen the pencil to see how landing loads would affect the tail attach structure.

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[jbs007]

On 12/9/2015 at 6:31 PM, Marauder said:

Already been done. It's called a Swift.

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Ahhhhhh Marauder beat me to it.  There is a real pretty polished aluminum one at my airfield.  I like the big open window that you can stick your elbow out of!

[1964-M20E]

8 hours ago, Hector said:

Not sure the all moving tail design of a Mooney lends itself well for a tail wheel. Might have to sharpen the pencil to see how landing loads would affect the tail attach structure.

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Well I do have the tail wheel back a little far.  It would have to attached in front of the movable tail.   Like I said I'm just playing but there is a J model with the rocket conversion that is disassembled would make a good candidate.  I wonder if this would be enough of a modification to firmly put the resulting plane in the experimental category without the limited testing restrictions. Maybe an all composite fuselage and a second door.

 

Yes I do like the Swift it is a pretty plane.

 

 

 

 

[N201MKTurbo]

When I lived in CO (01V) there was a guy who put a 250 HP engine in his Swift. He took me up one day and we did some aerobatics. That thing would go straight up for over two thousand feet. Kind of like a 250 HP retractable Cessna 150.

[carusoam]

I don't know much...  

The landing gear of the tail dragger vs. nose dragger moved from...

behind the center of lift (nose wheel)

-to-

forward of the center of lift (tail wheel)

something to consider in your re-design ideas...

Seems to be an important CG issue during the transition from flight to ground bound vehicle.

Best regards,

-a-