ORIGINAL: carrellh
Jim, you might be able to use a two bolt mounting system without adding any wood to the plane. There is already a hardwood rail running across the fuselage and it's braced pretty well.
Drill two holes in the gear, aligned with the axle centerline. Fit the gear under the plane and get it as square as possible. You can either drill clearance holes and use bolts with nuts; or you can drill for a tap size and thread the hardwood block. Use a tiny bit of thin CA to harden the threads after they are cut. If you thread the hardwood block you might be able to do everything you need to do without removing the servo tray.
Thanks, I'm thinking of doing this today. What do you mean by drilling for a tap size and threading the hardwood block? Using self tapping screws and drilling smaller holes so they tap themselves in? If so, what size and material would the self tapping screws be if I only use two? They'd have to be pretty large I would think but short so as to not hit the servos in the fuselage.
Also, someone mentioned getting the right toe in. There is no such thing, is there? I can't think of anything that would provide toe in except making sure the gear is perfectly square and toe in would have to come from the gear itself, correct?