Toe in or toe out?? For Taildraggers

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...

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:22:14 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"DonMorrisey" wrote in message
oups.com...


Thought I'd throw it out here to see what the brain trust has to say on
this topic. Thanks. Don..

OK,
Guess I should have checked the archives first. Now that I have...it
seems Toe Out is the condition I want, however ther was not a lot of
info on "how much". Any thoughts on that? thanks. Don....

Just enough to barely measure it. Like one or two degrees.

You are really just insuring that there will not be any toe in.

Shucks. I was just getting ready to ask how much excitement he likes
on landings. :-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

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Roger wrote:

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:22:14 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"DonMorrisey" wrote in message
oups.com...


Thought I'd throw it out here to see what the brain trust has to say on
this topic. Thanks. Don..

OK,
Guess I should have checked the archives first. Now that I have...it
seems Toe Out is the condition I want, however ther was not a lot of
info on "how much". Any thoughts on that? thanks. Don....

It depends on the taildragger.
There have been threads on this topic in the acro groups for years.
The RV'ers forums are another source.