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It's the canvas cover for the retracted tail wheel.

Canvas? Why and how does that work?
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It looks like a round tail gun too.



it's a Cheyenne Tail Turret

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phil65 wrote:
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It's the canvas cover for the retracted tail wheel.

Canvas? Why and how does that work?
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Its just an open hole where the tail wheel retacts in. The canvas cover is actually inside the airplane.

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