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Offline Larry Renger

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Thrustline alignment
« on: December 15, 2010, 01:46:23 PM »
Here are a couple of photos of the setup I use to align my motor.  The model is leveled with a Robart gage, then the motor is set with the attached level.  Second photo is more detail on the opposite side of the level.
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Offline Allan Perret

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Re: Thrustline alignment
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 08:19:43 AM »
So what is your target for motor thrust line ?
Any up or down thrust ?
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Re: Thrustline alignment
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2010, 08:28:26 AM »
Larry,
Do you make any compensation for the "droop" caused by the weight of the indicator?
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Offline Larry Renger

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Re: Thrustline alignment
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2010, 09:04:23 AM »
I go for 0-0 thrustline, and the indicator is light plastic, so there is no discernable droop to worry about.

The level is just glued to a board, and several sizes of holes are drilled to accomodate different prop shaft sizes.  There are even smaller, lighter levels available and you could probably adapt a bubble level to the job.  Get creative!
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