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Old 01-19-2009 | 03:20 PM
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Default Engine thrust angle Question

I am putting a Stick 4D together and did not like the rubber engine mount it came with. I changed the engine mount to a Dubro soft mount for a Saito 72. After mounting the engine, it appears the thrust angle is up a tad. How do you figure out what the proper angle should be?
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Old 01-19-2009 | 04:17 PM
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Thrust angles are typically 2 degrees down and 2 degrees right when setting in the cockpit

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXE953&P=ML
Old 01-19-2009 | 04:42 PM
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http://www.palosrc.com/instructors/trim-chrt.htm
http://aeromonclova.com/Documents/Ajuste_de_Trims.htm

Go here and look at steps 6 and 7. They are for correcting your thrust angles.
Old 01-19-2009 | 05:13 PM
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Also keep in mind that there is always an exception to every rule. I built a Cap-232 kit once that specified a slight up-thrust. That may not be the case on your plane of course. I'd fly it and decide what it needs base don how it behaves.
Old 01-19-2009 | 05:27 PM
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I sometimes depends the position of your thrust line

Those sea planes with the engine up on a pod above the wing must have up thrust

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