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Re: wing / strake incidence



> For quickly leveling your plane nothing beats a set of the aluminum
> screw jacks that they sell at RV places for RV leveling.  They run about
> $40 a set of four and I had a set bolted to the four corners of my
> cradle which was on casters..  I could level  the aircraft using a
> SmartLevel in less than two minutes.  You quickly learn how many turns
> translate into 1 degree  longitudinally or laterally.

I wish I had thought of this.  I screwed long lag bolts into the
end of my 2x4 legs.  Not the best solution, but it worked.
My biggest problem was twisting the fuselage.

-- 
Brian Michalk  <http://www.awpi.com/michalk>
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