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firepilot1
 Post subject: Old vs. New
PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2011 10:09 am 
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Lee,

Post a pic of the old shoes please...would like to see the before and after.

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leewwalton
 Post subject: Old vs. New
PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2011 7:00 pm 
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Sure Tim, here you go ...

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Scott Stine
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2011 7:21 pm 
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Was the angle of attack on the old ones too low or too high? Dare I ask how you picked the centerline for angle of attack...front is easy...what about the rear?

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leewwalton
 Post subject: Old vs. New
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2011 7:33 pm 
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It's hard to tell from the pics as they look about the same (pics were taken fom a diffent vantage point) but the old set used to fly nose down. It's purely an aesthetic thing, on the standard thorp wheel pants a 2x4 laid flat underneath the aft edge does the trick (and the Sam James set too as luck would have it).

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Bill Williams
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 3:04 am 
FYI- template for mounting the wheel pants

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leewwalton
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 5:20 am 
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Here's another accompanying file ...

[file]T-18_wheel_pant_installation.pdf,2,,[/file]

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