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Old 01-10-2011 | 07:33 AM
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Default RE: New Decathlons From Seagull 91 and 120 Size!

ORIGINAL: aramsdell

I'm mounting my engine now. Those of you who are already flying, what amount of right and down thrust did you use relative to the firewall??


I just bolted to the firewall with no adjustment for right thrust or down thrust. When I flew it last thursday it was spot on for downthrust but I didnt get to flight test for right thrust as there was an error in my elevator setup that needed to be corrected first.
I was hoping to get in some flights on Saturday to test if we need a washer or 2 for right thrust but unfortunatly the clear area for takeoff that I thought I saw was not so clear and I managed to clip a 4 inch chunk of ice on take off and removed the landing gear, so I will be anouther week before I can get in some flights to check for right thrust.

The only damage was to the landing gear block itself and I just need to build a new one. I got all the pieces cut out and holes for the blind nuts done but I was out of 30 min epoxy so another trip to the LHS is in order. Next time I am going to take the time to walk the entire take off\landing zone, its to easy to miss some thing left behind by the Ice fisherman.