Andrew,
I've built a couple Legacy planes and have two tips for you.
The first deals with the wire wing gear. See the post that I made below.
Re: How do I stop my plane tipping over?
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2010, 07:42:29 PM »
Wynn,
That is one fine looking Legacy you have. Glad to hear that you found the cure for the nosing over problem. I had the same problem with my first Legacy and have seen others dealing with this same issue. I think I found the cause of this problem when I compared my kit-supplied landing gear legs against the plans. You can see in the attached photo that the kit-supplied landing gear was bent to match the plan's rear view instead of the side view. This error results in a landing gear leg that is over 1/4 inch too short and also doesn't locate the tire far enough forward. You could just bend the kit-supplied gear forward but then you would probably have a prop clearance problem. However, you found the cure (which is to make new gear that is both longer and locates the tires further forward).
I bet you're going to have a lot of fun with your Legacy. They are a great flying airplane.
The second tip involves the leadout cables.
I found that the forward cable was actually rubbing on the inboard landing gear block. Unfortunately, on my first Legacy I had already sheeted the wing leading edge and couldn't easily acces the point of interference. On my second Legacy build I cut away the offending point of interference before sheeting the wing leading edge.
Enjoy your Legacy.
DennisV