On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:40:44 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

wrote in news:5d010219-865f-4d06-a28e-
:

We did a Glastar in the taildragger configuration. It has a
steel-tube frame inside it, to which the wings, gear, engine mount all
attach. Converting it from a trike, say, involves taking the nosegear
strut out of its socket in that frame and turfing it, and moving the
mains forward into another set of sockets already there. The tailwheel
bolts through hard points in the aft tailcone.


Is the glass at all structural, or does the steel tubing extend to the
tail?

The glass is structural. The tubing is a sort of "cage" around just the cabin
area...it includes the wing and strut attach points, the pickup points for the
engine mount, the seat mounting, and the main and nose gear attach points.

http://www.wanttaja.com/glastar.jpg

Ron Wanttaja