Not sure what pictures u r looking at pete, but if the aircraft is "clean"
then the outriggers
should be virtually parallel to the wing, if however the aircraft is being
pictured on take off
with the small amount of flap still being used it may account for the angle
you are referring to.
craig
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Peter Zutrauen
Sent: Friday, 2 January 2009 10:59 PM
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Subject: Europa-List: Outrigger question for all those Mono Owners
Happy New Year to all,
Quick question: in many photos of monos in flight, the retracted
outriggers are below horizontal by almost 30 degrees in some cases. Is this
by design? Or is it from build variance, or wear?
I would have assumed that the outriggers would be near 90 deg when
retracted, to minimize their frontal area. From the many build photos, it
appears that 90deg is not attainable due to the leg itself contacting the
flap hinge, but something very close should be feasible by tweaking the
complex geometry of the outrigger mechanism....no?
Cheers & thx,
Pete
A239
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