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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle19><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I &#8220;0&#8221; the
fuselage center line, which goes through the stab and engine centerline. I am
trying to use &#8220;0&#8221; stab incidence. The wing is 3/4&#8221; below the centerline and
just over 1/2 degree incidence. Down thrust is 1 and r-thrust is 1/2 degree. I
got it a little tail heavy last fall and put it back to about 38%, (big stab
rev. 24%) which I was happy with before. I screwed the set-up up some last fall
trying to soften the nose drop when pushing to inverted. I should know where I&#8217;m
at by the end of July.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jim <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>

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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Nat Penton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:09
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NSRCA Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
the joy of trim (thrust Protractor)</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks
Jim. The protractor is neat. One of my problems is knowing when the wing is
level. I use a laser incidence meter and it is very good at determining
relative incidencies, not absolute. I might make the protractor into a T so I
can set the incidence meter on top.</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>One
other thought, maybe I can&nbsp;determine what&nbsp;the meter reads on
something level then zero the wing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nat</span></font><font
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href="mailto:derekkoopowitz@gmail.com" title="derekkoopowitz@gmail.com">Derek
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <a
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.f3a.us"
title="nsrca-discussion@lists.f3a.us">NSRCA Mailing List</a> </span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] the joy of trim (thrust Protractor)</span></font><font
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>So much
easier to visualize when one has a picture...</span></font><font color=black><span
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank you
Jim!</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>On Tue, Mar
11, 2008 at 12:48 PM, J N Hiller &lt;<a href="mailto:jnhiller@earthlink.net">jnhiller@earthlink.net</a>&gt;
wrote:</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Chris, Matt's post yesterday reminded me that I wanted to make a
thrust<br>
angle protractor after reading it previously, here is a photo. I used 1&quot;
sq<br>
hardwood and contact cemented the printed protractor (see pdf) on both ends<br>
so I could check right thrust as well, noting equal measurement from the<br>
tail.<br>
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