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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject: toe |
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I'm replacing my aluminum legs with kolb factory steel (MkIII)
I have them slipped in today and will do some drilling tomorrow.
Question is: with the
positive camber, anybody have a good guess as to how much, if any toe-
in I should dial in?
IMO they would be better of with close to zero camber unless of
course there is enough flex
with the landing force to get them close. With the normal flex on my
old aluminum legs (straight when unloaded)
there was some negative camber which helps with one wheel landings.
I had zero toe and it handled well.
BB
soon to be sitting taller in the saddle.
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mdnanwelch7(at)hotmail.co
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 6:43 am Post subject: toe |
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Bob C
Regarding toe-in; the factory assembly manual suggested a slight toe-out position.
John H. said he has slight toe-in C and his plane operates just fine. Most likely C a slight toe-in C or toe-out may not make any discernible difference. I happen to choose 1.5 degrees toe-out.
If you choose zero toe C or a degree either direction C it probably doesn't make much difference. FWIW
Regarding camber; when I built my own steel gear legs last year C it was recommended to me
to build in 7 degrees positive camber. I thought this looked excessive C and made the choice to shoot for 4 degrees. After all the bending C drilling C welding C heat treating C and adjusting C I ended up with 2.5 degrees. I am VERY happy with the final result C even though I ended up with less than 4 degrees.
Once I got my wheelpants mounted C they show a slight C and appropriate tilt. I think the whole job turned out nice.
In a nutshell C I'd recommend about zero toe C and something around 2.5 to 3 degrees positive camber. These legs are very stiff C and I don't think they'll "squat" much when you sit in the plane.
Mike Welch
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[quote] I'm replacing my aluminum legs with kolb factory steel (MkIII)
I have them slipped in today and will do some drilling tomorrow.
Question is: with the
positive camber C anybody have a good guess as to how much C if any toe-
in I should dial in?
IMO they would be better of with close to zero camber unless of
course there is enough flex
with the landing force to get them close. With the normal flex on my
old aluminum legs (straight when unloaded)
there was some negative camber which helps with one wheel landings.
I had zero toe and it handled well.
BB
soon to be sitting taller in the saddle.
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