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Old 11-10-2007, 11:59 AM
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Default RE: J3 cub, crash on take off nearly every time.

Toe-In is the wrong way to go.

If you look at the dynamics, toe-in will make the plane more unstable.

If the plane swerves to the LEFT on the runway, the weight is transferred to the RIGHT main.
If the right main has toe-in, this makes the swerve to the left more pronounced.

Instead add just a small amount of toe-out to each main wheel.
Now the weight transfer from a swerve will act to pull the plane back into a straight line.

I didn't believe it at first either when I was first told about this.

I have since tried it on all my .60 sized WW2 fighters IT WORKS!