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Date:  6-24-2013
Number of Hours:  10.00
Manual Reference:  9-3
Brief Description:  Axle Pads1

After some discussion with USA experts I decided on a camber for the axles of 4 degrees. After days of experimenting and measuring along with articles, reading the CP's and more emails with experts and reading of the CSA newsletter I decided on moving the axles up 2.5" from plans.

There are a lot of reasons for this including the fact that the plans were originally for lamb 4" tires and I'm going 5". This is already and 1" the wrong way for the longerons. This is all about the canard angle on the roll before take off. If the longerons are level, takeoff is sooner and so safer.

I estimated I needed a .4" wedge to get the axles at negative 4 degress. With BID at .011" this should be 36 plys. I did 40 plys and it worked out at .4" Seems BID lays up a touch thinner than specs.
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Cutting out 80 ,pieces for the wedge

Cutting out 80 ,pieces for the wedge

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Clamped layup

Clamped layup

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BID pad for the axles

BID pad for the axles

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