William McClellan wrote:
> I am fitting the mono wheel landing gear mounting frame
> The manual says to install the swing arm to check that
> it moves up into the landing gear bay and stays parallel to the bay
> sides which is the cockpit module. It is important that the tire is
> aligned with the centerline of the fuselage. Since the engine mounts to
> this frame, it probably is more important that the engine thrust line is
> in the right orientation to the fuselage centerline.
My feeling is that (a) the engine thrust line can be adjusted with shimming
or spacers, and (b) quite a lot of the cause of poor ground handling manners
comes from the mainwheel being out of alignment - something that has to be
built in, and can't be adjusted afterwards...
M
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