wrote in message ups.com...
:
: There have been a lot of arguments on this issue. The airplanes I've
: had trouble with were usually toed-in, or had uneven alignment (one
: wheel toed-out, one straight). Cessna and American Champion, among
: other manufacturers, will ask for zero toe-in or out.
: The RC modeler crowd seem to favor the toe-in outside wheel
: scuffing drag theory, but they're operating mostly off grass and have
: no idea how an airplane "feels" with toe-in or out. They spend most of
: their early hours groundlooping no matter what the alignment. The RC
: flying I've done just tells me that it's a lot harder than sitting in
: the real thing and flying it.
: The toe-in, seems to me, would be counterproductive anyway,
: since the inside wheel in a groundloop has little or no weight on it,
: and the outside wheel will have more say as to where the nose is going.
: I'd align the wheels straight as best as I can, and tolerate a tiny bit
: of toe-out, if anything.
:
: Dan
:

I always set up my RC planes with a little toe-out...