Peter, Just following the instructions with no extra tweaks gave me
horizontal outriggers. Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Zutrauen" <peterz@zutrasoft.com>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 12:59 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Outrigger question for all those Mono Owners
> Happy New Year to all,
>
> Quick question: in many photos of monos in flight, the retracted
> outriggers
> are below horizontal by almost 30 degrees in some cases. Is this by
> design?
> Or is it from build variance, or wear?
>
> I would have assumed that the outriggers would be near 90 deg when
> retracted, to minimize their frontal area. From the many build photos, it
> appears that 90deg is not attainable due to the leg itself contacting
> the flap hinge, but something very close should be feasible by tweaking
> the
> complex geometry of the outrigger mechanism....no?
>
> Cheers & thx,
> Pete
> A239
>
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