Although mine was a very early version, (No. 47) the front tube of the
engine/swing arm mount was misaligned in the welding of the frame and had to
be replaced (after fitting of course)
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: 30 May 2000 21:07
Subject: Re: Landing gear mounting frame alignment
>I agree with your analysis. It is the alignment of the lower horizontal
tube
>of the frame (ie the one that the swing arm pivots on) that is critical to
>the monowheel being where it should be.
>
>Nevertheless, most Europas I`ve seen (including mine ) have a built-in
>camber on the monowheel; there`s very little that can be done about it
> either before or after); but the axial alignment of the cockpit module can
>have a bearing on it. So many compromises to consider!!
>
>Duncan McFadyean
>
>-----Original Message-----
From: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
>Cc: Europa <europa@avnet.co.uk>
>Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:06 AM
>Subject: Re: Landing gear mounting frame alignment
>
>
>>
>>
>>William McClellan wrote:
>>
>>> I am fitting the mono wheel landing gear mounting frame
>>
>>> The manual says to install the swing arm to check that
>>> it moves up into the landing gear bay and stays parallel to the bay
>>> sides which is the cockpit module. It is important that the tire is
>>> aligned with the centerline of the fuselage. Since the engine mounts to
>>> this frame, it probably is more important that the engine thrust line is
>>> in the right orientation to the fuselage centerline.
>>
>>My feeling is that (a) the engine thrust line can be adjusted with
shimming
>>or spacers, and (b) quite a lot of the cause of poor ground handling
>manners
>>comes from the mainwheel being out of alignment - something that has to be
>>built in, and can't be adjusted afterwards...
>>
>>M
>>
>>
>>
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