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Old March 29th 20, 04:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Michael Opitz
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Default Much Ado About Nothing

At 02:37 29 March 2020, Nick Kennedy wrote:
RO
I think these days tailskids are as rare as hens teeth.
The last one I saw was when the guy who bought my 1958 Ka6CR

towed it home
in 2000.

A lot of the 1980's vintage tail skids were retrofitted with the
in-line skate wheels embedded in the skid. They helped, but still
wouldn't track as well as the larger pneumatic tires. My Discus-B
and I believe my first ASW-24 still had skids.

RO