Hi Brian, Hi Cliff,
thank you for your advise. After reading your comments I rechecked my
alignments and in deed I was not absolutely in level in pitch. I simply had
to use a longer level. Also the hint that it is stated in the manual that it
is ok to bend the flange of the sockets made a huge difference. I also
contacted Andy this morning about all this and he stated that it would be ok
to lower the fuselage by a quarter inch. I did the math and it ended to
increase the AOA by less then 0.2 deg. I had to lower the fuselage only by
an 1/8th of an inch so the increase is les the 0.1 deg..
Anyway. my sockets are in. Thanks again.
Michael Grass
A266 Trigear
Detroit Michigan
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From: <EuropaXSA276@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Tri gear legs to short?
>
> Hi Michael:
>
> In fact I just set my legs today and posted those photos just hours ago.
> Things to check are your levels. First Is the floor level? Mine was not.
> I had
> to put 2 bathroom tile on one end of my straight edge. Is the roll level
> when
> taken at the elevator torque tube? The pitch level should be taken at the
> door
> jamb area. Draw a line between the centers of the socket holes on the
> belly.
> Measure where that line intersects the centerline down to the floor.
> Should
> be 16.25. Mine is about 1/16 higher. While doing the checks make sure your
> front and back plumb bobs are centered in the CL line you have marked on
> the
> floor. I spent 4 hours fitting and setting all this up.
>
> How wide is the gap that you have and is it all the way around the plate?
> Are the gaps the same on both sides? Are the socket holes on the fuselage
> opened wide enough and there is no binding of the tube? Is your axle
> clamped flat
> against the angle iron? If it is not that will cause a larger gap to the
> rear
> of the plate.
>
> I did have a 1/8 gap to the rear of each socket base plate. As the manual
> reads I slightly bent those areas up to meet the belly. I'm thinking after
> 4
> hours set up that it was close enough!
> I slathered on some 420 and called it a day...
>
> Hope some of this helps.
>
>
>
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