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(Click on photos to enlarge) Builder and Pilot: Bill McCallie of Tampa, FL. Platinum ME-109 (K)
Notes: The 109 only took 1 lb. in the nose to balance the plane. It flies like a pattern ship, takes off with little to no rudder as long as you come up slowly on the throttle. Bill made the tail wheel retractable and used a small spring steel wire to close and open the tail wheel doors. Leverage is the answer... Look inside the tail wheel bay and you will see a yellow tube. That is nyrod holding a braided cable that is used for the hinge. | ||
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