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2008-10-12 Thread skp...@charter.net
Hello all. Searching the archives did not result in an answer so here it is. I built my fiberglass gear legs which included the caster and camber thus no metal brackets for the axles. This allowed me to mount my axle lower and streamline the leg with the wheel. I made mine longer so I could s

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2008-10-12 Thread bo...@hatconversions.com
Steven, In my opinion... The average experimental seems to need about 7 to 8 inches of prop clearance, when the plane is level. There are lots of high time guys out there flying them with less than that, but that seems to keep the average guy out of trouble. Bobby > Hello all

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2008-10-12 Thread VIRGIL N SALISBURY
Check out prop clearance in level position. I think it should be about 9". Work from there, Virg On Thu, 4 May 2006 6:22:29 -0700 writes: > Hello all. > > Searching the archives did not result in an answer so here it is. > > I built my fiberglass gear legs which included the caster and

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2008-10-12 Thread Donald Reid
At 10:06 AM 5/4/2006, you wrote: >Steven, > In my opinion... The average experimental seems to need >about 7 to 8 inches of prop clearance, when the plane is level. >There are lots of high time guys out there flying them with less than >that, but that seems to keep the average guy