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![]() 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... |
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