Michael,
Any thoughts (or measurements) as to how the tracking changes once the
weight of the aircraft is placed on the legs (that have been set-up to zero
toe-in/toe-out)?
Duncan McF.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Grass" <m.grass@comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Trike Main gear sockets
> Hi Rob,
>
> The complaint I have is to myself that I do not find the time to do more
> building. I enjoy time spend on my plane. The point I tried to make is
> that
> the builder spend quite some time on the web for the main gear sockets.
> Even without the top on you spend a lot time bending over.
> Building should be fun. It is more fun if you work smart and try to have
> as
> easy access as possible. To me, time spend building is therapy. What you
> don't want is therapy after time spend building so work smart and enjoy
> the
> quality time spend with your project.
>
> What I did, I used bondo and stuck 5 reference points to the garage floor.
> 3
> along the centerline of the fuselage. One in the front, one in the center
> of
> the main gear legs and one in the center under the fin. all lined up and
> on
> the exact same height and in level along a line.
>
> Then I bonded with bondo the endpoints of the main gear legs to the floor.
> Again made sure with Pythagoras help that it was square to the center line
> and on the same
> level.
>
> After that I rolled my fuselage cradle over those points and used M12
> threaded rod as a height adjustment to level the fuselage over my 3
> reference points along the center line and clamped the main gear legs into
> position.
>
> This kept the fuselage the whole time igid and secured in place.
>
> I kept this setup in place till the top fuselage was bonded on. Nothing
> moved and all is plum, squared and level.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Michael Grass
> A266 Trigear, Detroit
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Housman" <rob@hyperion-ef.com>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:36 AM
> Subject: RE: Europa-List: Trike Main gear sockets
>
>
>>
>> We cuss a lot.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Rob Housman
>> Irvine, CA
>> Europa XS Tri-Gear
>> A070
>> Airframe complete
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
>> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Grass
>> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 6:14 AM
>> To: europa-list@matronics.com
>> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Trike Main gear sockets
>>
>>
>> Craig,
>>
>> My web took some 80h to complete without thhe top on. I can not imagine
>> how
>> peope do this with the top and no frequent vistits to the chiropractor.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Michael Grass
>>
>> A266, 914, Woodcomp prop,
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "raggi6771" <craigb@onthenet.com.au>
>> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
>> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 12:15 AM
>> Subject: Europa-List: Trike Main gear sockets
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Just curious, how many of you fitted the main gear leg sockets before
>>> you bonded the top on.
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>>> Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org
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