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    Engine angle

    It is a welded tube fuselage, so there are no "longerons". It is when the fuselage is leveled per the plans, the stab is -4 degrees. In the leveled condition, the wing attach points are level as well.
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    Engine angle

    Some background on the Wagabond: It is a clone of the Vagabond, as far as I can tell from talking with Vagabond owners, and checking dimensions on the factory plans and the Wagabond plans. That being said, the angle of incidence for the horizontal stabilizer on both sets of drawings is 4 degrees...
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    Engine angle

    No, I just threw out some numbers for discussion purposes. I'm building a Wagabond, and I don't know what the factory numbers were, so I'm trying to decide how to build my engine mount.
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    Engine angle

    I don't necessarily want to go to 0-0, but I don't know what the factory settings were, and I can't seem to find out, so I'm trying to get input to make a decision in how to fab my engine mount.
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    Engine angle

    I need input from an engineer, if there are any who monitor this forum. What are the ramifications of changing the installed angle of the engine relative to the aircraft centerline? If a particular design calls for, say 2 degrees up, and 2 degrees right and you install it with 0,0 can that be...
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