wil5023
I am not OTT in caling the RV-9A a deathtrap, no amount of modification is going to make the thing safe, there is too much weight at the front already, bigger wheels and stronger legs are just going to make the problem worse!
The RV-9 is a superb aircraft (if you have as much of the weight at the back as you can) and by tail dragger standards it is easy to land.
So why pay more money, add more weight, add more drag and make the aircraft more risky to fly (land)?.
It can only be because some people are too busy thinking that they can build a fool proof aircraft to protect themselfs.
The answer is to remove the fool from the cockpit rather than try to make the aircraft foolproof! This is done with good training and it costs a lot less than an RV-9A nose wheel kit.
Last edited by A and C; 25th June 2008 at 22:16.