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I just bought two of the J&J tailwheels. I meant to do that soon after looking at the size and bulk of the White Rose units in Toledo. I guess it just takes me a little time to get around to things.
Now if J&J was to downsize their product just enough to cover the 28% size class they would have a solid lock on the premiun tailwheel markt. |
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We have had a lot of requests to downsize, however, because of the way we make these, they would cost about the same to make them in a 28-30% size. The material cost and machining would all be about the same, and it is hard to see a big market for $75 tailwheel on a 28-30% airplane.
The main difference between our current tailwheel and one for that size plane is the length, we can do custom bends for our tailwheel if somebody wants one that is dimensionally smaller. This would bring down the weight and changing the actual DUBRO wheel could further get the weight close to 2 oz.
It is very expensive to make small batches of these things but I guess if we get enough response we may make some smaller for 30% planes.