Fults front nose gear

by Brent
(Shaker Heights, Ohio)

I want to change the front nose gear and wheel that comes on most planes, to a fults nose gear.

From the pictures, they (the fults) look stronger than that which came with the plane; also, I damaged the one that came with the plane, so it has to be changed.

My question is, how difficult is it to make the conversion. The picture/s show the single post as with the original, but longer. Am I getting into a big project?

Any thought will be appreciated.

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Hobbico Trainer
by: Brent

The question, "what plane?", was asked. It is a Hobbico Trainer .46. Since this writing, I went ahead and put on the Fults nose gear, but haven't flown it this season yet. I used the original steering guides and mounts, but drilled them out to accept the fults shaft. I hope this will work. In the future, I would use a fults as the plane was being built. If the plane goes straight as it travels along the runway, then, the fults did its job.