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Old 02-08-2026 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RCFlyerDan
For this reason, I mounted my nose retract with the retract wings on the bottom of the retract mount. I moved the blind nuts to the top. The front bulkhead needed to be Dremeled for the steering. Canopy needs a little Dremel sanding, because the wheel now extends further forward when it is retracted. This helps extend the nose wheel to get rid of the negative ground incidence. Rotation is more stable.
What surface on the fuse can be used as a reference plane to check TV pipe thrust line?
I don't have a close up shot of the fuel bag to show, but it was butt against the FOD screen. I am thinking it conformed to the FOD on take off roll.

Here is a shot of the plane just before taking off. does it look like it has negative incidence? Seems pretty level to me



Thanks
Jason