Originally Posted by
Pondus
Yes, the retract swings more than 90 degrees, I'd say close to 110 degrees. The wheel comes very close to rubbing the front of the intake when retracted. I played with the angle of the trailing link fork to give me a higher nose when the plane sits on the wheels, this gives you less angle on the trailing arm and will help get the wheel further up into the nose, but too much and it snags the ductwork in the front. Just loosen the set screw in the rear of the upper part of the trailing link and you can move the fake damper in/out to set the ride height of the nose gear.
Thanks, I figured it must because I couldn't get the geometry to work at all with a 90 degree retract.
How about the main gear, do they swing more than 90 degrees? In looking at the gear mounts, it looks like there is an angle side-to-side as well as fore and aft...
Thanks for the help!
Bob