REFLECTOR: Levelling the aircraft - base point ?

[Peter Braswell]

Patrick,
That's a good question.  Here's what I do:

In the roll axis level is at the spar and canard bulkhead.  My fuselage
came already put together.  If I had done if from scratch, I would have
established level based on bulkheads and I would have epoxied in tiny
bubble levels.  For level in the longitudinal axis, I've been going off the
firewall (90 degree to floor).  The most critical angels as I understand is
the relationship of the wings to the canard.  I've been advised that wings
should be at 0 degrees and the canard 0 to slightly positive.  Scott
mentioned that he likes the bubble level to be touching the line as opposed
to centered within the bubble on the canard.  Please verify with him though.

-Peter

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On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Patrick Sieders <pjsieders at comcast.net>wrote:

> Hello Gang,****
>
> ** **
>
> I have been reading up watching video’s and going through the reflector
> side but haven’t found out yet if there is a specific level point in the
> aircraft ? When one mentioned “level the aircraft” (like Peter just did in
> the fuel site gauge thread), what do you use ?****
>
> There are many different points that are used during the course of
> building, but is there one base point within the fuselage that I can use to
> reference level with ?****
>
> ** **
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> Thanks,****
>
> Patrick Sieders****
>
> Nashville TN USA****
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