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Title: Landing gear
Post by: airman on May 05, 2016, 10:04:24 AM
How many degrees of camber should I have on wheels with no weight on gear? I am ready to weld brackets on axle for spring struts.  I have 2 degrees in it now but want to know what others have. I built the canted gear, I am  not close to the 26 3/4 in measurement that's on page 19a. That would be too short. I am at 29 in with 2 degrees on wheels.
Title: Re: Landing gear
Post by: joecnc2006 on May 05, 2016, 12:17:17 PM
You may want to read this thread.

http://www.eaglersnest.com/forum/index.php?topic=1077.0 (http://www.eaglersnest.com/forum/index.php?topic=1077.0)
Title: Re: Landing gear
Post by: airman on May 05, 2016, 02:25:35 PM
Very helpful thank you. I will give my wheels 3 degree positive cant.  Is it just me or building the landing gear a time consuming componet
Title: Re: Landing gear
Post by: MrG on May 17, 2016, 02:19:04 PM
there is a lot of work in it, i kept all my to the latest draw supplement - i kept the height of the plane as per draw of the ground and was good idea as 
the big prop Frank makes you loose some ground clearance i think im down to 4in 
I made the tubes a  bigger as i wanted to go in and out of farms around here were we are 

zero camber , i ended up with a bit of toe out but its that easy to land did not make any difference, its easier to land than a Champ or a Cub

https://goo.gl/photos/KMbWTLwN14MfvTax7  there are some images there 
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