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peterz(at)zutrasoft.com
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 Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:05 am Post subject: Outrigger question for all those Mono Owners |
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Happy New Year to all,
Quick question: in many photos of monos in flight, the retracted outriggers are below horizontal by almost 30 degrees in some cases. Is this by design? Or is it from build variance, or wear?
I would have assumed that the outriggers would be near 90 deg when retracted, to minimize their frontal area. From the many build photos, it appears that 90deg is not attainable due to the leg itself contacting the flap hinge, but something very close should be feasible by tweaking the complex geometry of the outrigger mechanism....no?
Cheers & thx,
Pete
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craigb(at)onthenet.com.au
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:47 am Post subject: Outrigger question for all those Mono Owners |
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Not sure what pictures u r looking at pete, but if the aircraft is "clean" then the outriggers
should be virtually parallel to the wing, if however the aircraft is being pictured on take off
with the small amount of flap still being used it may account for the angle you are referring to.
craig
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peterz(at)zutrasoft.com
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:02 am Post subject: Outrigger question for all those Mono Owners |
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fklein(at)orcasonline.com
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:07 am Post subject: Outrigger question for all those Mono Owners |
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On Friday, January 2, 2009, at 04:59 AM, Peter Zutrauen wrote:
| Quote: | Quick question: in many photos of monos in flight, the retracted
outriggers are below horizontal by almost 30 degrees in some cases.
Is this by design? Or is it from build variance, or wear?
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Pete...quick answer: ...build variance...
It was my experience that as you assemble the mechanism, the manual
calls for just a tad of filing of one of the steel arms...do so w/
extreme caution...and you will be rewarded w/ a resounding TWANG as the
outrigger retracts while the nylon rod just touches the flap
hinge...excess filing results in sagging outriggers.
| Quote: | tweaking the complex geometry of the outrigger mechanism....no?
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IMHO, notions of "tweaking" should be abandoned...as you say, the
mechanism has a complex geometry...others have likened it to that more
often found in a typewriter rather than in an aircraft landing gear.
Cheers,
Fred
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davidjoyce(at)doctors.org
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:57 am Post subject: Outrigger question for all those Mono Owners |
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Peter, Just following the instructions with no extra tweaks gave me
horizontal outriggers. Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
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