Hi Ivan When doing a wheel alignment I have the aircraft loaded as it is most commonly flown. One person, 85kg, 50% fuel load, 45kg and 10kg of baggage.
I initially did my wheel alignment in the flying position, with the fuselage level. I could not taxi worth a dam, never ground looped but was all over the place (I looked like a real goose taxiing and more than once I was asked how much I had had to drink). There is a big difference with the wheel alignment with the tail wheel on the ground. Then I thought, most of the time when we are on the ground we are taxiing and when the tail wheel is off the ground we have good rudder control. So I wheel aligned it with the tail wheel on the ground. Now it is fantastic to taxi and I notice no difference when taking off or landing. Regards Barry Kruyssen k...@bigpond.com http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2 RAA registered 19-3873 Australia -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Ivan Martinez Sent: Monday, 13 July 2009 10:54 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Grass is Good! Hello Larry... My name is Ivan. I met you at Hondo, Texas several years ago. I fly a Sonerai with a C85-8 yellow with a blue nose I live in Sugar Land a suburb of Houston. Another Sonerai with an A80-8 also flew in Hondo from Phoenix. When you do your alignment, do you level it or do you do it on all 3 wheels or do you make the fuselage level? When you say loaded , do you mean with just you & fuel? Thanks in advance. Hope to see you in Texas again. In October we have a flyin with 600 planes. Best flyin ever....you can camp. If interested post me off site. Ivan Martinez, Sugar Land, Texas.
