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I highly recommend the API tailwheel if you can get one. BTW, I had a friend that was trying to buy one last year when there was a long backorder through Aircraft Spruce. He was able to buy one direct from API and had it in about a week. I used their semi-pneumatic TW on my KR and the Van's version using the same wheel on my RV. The Van's TW is a knockoff of the API TW using the same geometry and a number of parts that are interchangeable with the API tailwheels.
-Jeff Scott
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Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity. On 8/15/22, 3:27 PM Flesner via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
On 8/15/2022 9:48 AM, Jeff Scott via KRnet wrote:
I would guess you aren't looking very closely as they are steerable full swivel tailwheels. Van's isn't exactly known for building cut rate or less than optimal parts. The one on my RV came from Vans.
-Jeff
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Thanks for the correction. You're right, I didn't look very hard. I only went to their websites store and did a search for "steerable full swivel tailwheel" and it came up "Your search returned no results." Since your post I went back to confirm and same results. If you type in "steerable tailwheel" you get "Your search returned no results.". Only by typing in "full swivel tailwheel" does it come up with a photo that one has to assume is also steerable as the photo shows steering cables. Nothing in the text about steerable. Not having seen a "steerable full swivel tailwheel" on an RV I was assuming their web site was a good as their aircraft. My error. You're right, about them not selling "cut rate" parts but the Aviation Products, Inc unit is excellent quality and extremely reliable for $100 less money, if they are available.
Larry Flesner
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