Doodles...

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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But then there is the gas load (!)
Wet wing between the spars (no clue how much gas that is, but that's
all you get).

If it will cruise at 80 shp and consumption is 1.3#/shp @ sea level, you get
17 gph. That's got to decrease a bunch at altitude, doesn't it? 50-60
gallons ought to do it.

And yes, it backs up real well.
At least on the ground.
Pick it up by the tailwheel and drag it around like a little red wagon.

You could paint "Beta mode" on the wagon, I guess. I was thinking of the
geometry of reverse thrust on a full-swivel tailwheel. Talk about a ground
loop!

Rich "I *hate* the smell of kerosene in the morning" S.