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Old 03-12-2006 | 11:16 AM
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Default RE: Taking the dihedral out of the nexstar...

Well as it turns out I woke up about 2am this morning & couldn't get back to sleep.So out to the garage I go, & you guessed it started tweeking on th NexStar. Before I knew it I had ground down all the wider ridge on the bottom of the wing coupler & a few bends of the rod later it was straight & flat. No dihedral at all. I strarted out with the intent of leaving just a touch in to see if I was comfortable with it then bend the rod once more to take it all out, but one thing led to another & you know how that goes.

I'm thinking about jerking that nose wheel off & adding a stearable rudder wheel & rebalancing the plane. If I do this would I need to move the mains forward?