Andrew Rowley wrote:

Darrol Stinton in "The Design of the Aeroplane" (excellent book) clearly
states that taildraggers should be set up at 0 deg or some toe out.
NEVER toe in.

A previous comment mentioned that the Pitts factory set their a/c up
with toe in. Given than all Pitts a/c have an evil repution on the
ground (and that mine is now excellent with this one change) do you
think that this is good thing?

Regards

Martin Morgan
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Plain or plane truth....

No matter how much testimony is given from those
of us with multiple decades and thousands of hours
of success, there remains that ever present vocal
minority which only finds solace in opposition. They
can be convinced of nothing. For these tortured
souls, the wheel MUST be reinvented and history
MUST be repeated.... usually by somebody else
that they will never believe, either.

Who are you accusing of reinventing the wheel? The Pitts factory, or
the person who improved the landings by removing the toe in?
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Sorry for not being clear to all, but...
The RAH vocal minority does *NOT* include:

Darrol Stinton
Pitts factory
Martin Morgan

FWIW..
I've no idea what the Pitt's uses,
but my RV-3 is short coupled
and tracks straight as an arrow...
with a tad of TOE OUT.

My Fly Baby of the '60's had ZERO...
and was a ground handling dream.

FWIW--
Most of my 50 years of successful flight is in taildraggers.
With no ground loop experience, I am no expert, so...

Who here has a ton of ground looping in their log book?
The details of your experiences are welcome here as
fodder for the 'great toe in - toe out debate'. )


Barnyard BOb - senior member of the NO TOE IN CLUB