It might also be the effect of rolling the a/c backwards against the toe-in of
the gear; Other aircraft (eg Jabiru) display this effect.
Otherwise, it takes accident damage to induce a permanent set to the taper-rod
legs of a Rans S6, for example.
Duncan McF.
> On 12 September 2021 at 01:55 William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Arwel,
>
> Before you tear your plane apart are you sure this isnt pilot paranoia.
(I suffer from this from time to time)
>
> Measure at least 3 times in as many different ways as you can conceive.
And measure again. And make sure your reference point is level.
>
> It might also be the build. One end of my tail is 13mm lower than the
> other
despite my best efforts. (Flies fine though.)
>
> Will
>
> William Daniell
> +1 786 878 0246
>
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 14:18 arwel pritchard
> <arwel.pritchard@powercom.ltd.uk mailto:arwel.pritchard@powercom.ltd.uk >
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Good evening
> >
> > I have a feeling that the main gear legs on my XS are slightly out
of
> > line. I think its due to a couple of hard landings. When I looked at
the
> > plane (looking at the front from about 8m away) in the hangar today,
it
> > looks as if its leaning slightly to the right.
> >
> > I have checked the sockets and the re-inforcing ply in the fuselage
and
> > all looks to be ok.
> >
> > My question is, how easy is it to fit new legs? There is a video on
> > youtube showing a guy changing one leg. It appears all he does is
> > remove
> > the socket bolt, pull out the leg, then insert the new one and
> > replace
> > the bolt, job done. Is there any re-alignment of any kind to do?
> >
> > Any advice would be much appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Arwel
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