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Old 06-12-2009 | 07:14 PM
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Default RE: Too much thrust angle

Yeah, that's wrong, look at the spinner, in  the photo, it clearly says for bolth top and side view, "0 Thrust", go back and remount the engine at 0 and 0, the best way to do this is with a robart meter, it has a crank shaft adapter on one clamp end, just zero the wing and the stab and check the engine, remove the wing and with the fuse on it's side, level and zero out the rudder and now check the engine, it should be at zero. Good luck, but trying to ignore this will cause a very poor flying plane that reacts strange as you add and remove power while flying. I even use my meter when gluing stabs and wing saddles in place, it helps to verify that the plane is straight and true. It's only 25 bucks or so but you'll never stop using it.