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landing gear placement

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    Landing gear placement

    Trying to determine the proper placement of the main gear on my original design (taildragger). An EAA publication, and most others that I have read, state to draw a line through the thrust axis, place the plane in level flight attitude and determine the CG. From this CG, draw a line 15 degrees...
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