I agree with your analysis. It is the alignment of the lower horizontal tube
of the frame (ie the one that the swing arm pivots on) that is critical to
the monowheel being where it should be.
Nevertheless, most Europas I`ve seen (including mine ) have a built-in
camber on the monowheel; there`s very little that can be done about it
either before or after); but the axial alignment of the cockpit module can
have a bearing on it. So many compromises to consider!!
Duncan McFadyean
-----Original Message-----
From: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: Landing gear mounting frame alignment
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>William McClellan wrote:
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>> I am fitting the mono wheel landing gear mounting frame
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>> The manual says to install the swing arm to check that
>> it moves up into the landing gear bay and stays parallel to the bay
>> sides which is the cockpit module. It is important that the tire is
>> aligned with the centerline of the fuselage. Since the engine mounts to
>> this frame, it probably is more important that the engine thrust line is
>> in the right orientation to the fuselage centerline.
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>My feeling is that (a) the engine thrust line can be adjusted with shimming
>or spacers, and (b) quite a lot of the cause of poor ground handling
manners
>comes from the mainwheel being out of alignment - something that has to be
>built in, and can't be adjusted afterwards...
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>M
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