jetspud

How sensitive are F-18F's when it comes to toe in. I have some toe in set but it hits the the gear wheel whale when it is retracted so I need to decrease it some to allow the space. I know my T-45 was extremely sensitive.. All hell broke loose because it has slight toe out.. How much toe in do you guys have set...

Thanks

David

Wayne22

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Both those jets have trailing link landing gear, so I don't know if they are more sensitive to toe in / toe out...but on my F-16, I put a yard stick against the main wheels and made sure it was absolutely parallel to the centerline of the jet.....it tracks like it was on rails.....FWIW....

Kelly Rohrbach

My Feedback: (1)

Hey Dave
From my experience it is not as important how much toe in you have but not to have any toe out!!
I have been looking at the same issue with my Tam F18 and have seen a take off with no toe in that I could see and it never left the centerline of the runway.
On my Bandits I just make sure they are perfectly straight which is not easy to do, so I just toe them in enough that I know there is no toe out.
Works of me
Kelly

jetnuno

Hi

Your Hawk as the gear in the wings, so it should be more sensitive to toe in/out.

The F18 tracks fine with 0º. Just be sure that under aceleration the wheels do not open to toe out and you will be fine.

ddennison

My Feedback: (15)

Agreed. My Tam F18 tracks great with 0-1 degree toe in (slight visible toe in), no toe out.
DD

Rob B.

My Feedback: (7)

0 degree toe-in is fine on the F-18F, I have mine set to 0 (to clear the doors) and it tracks perfectly straight. I had one main gear that was loose, which resulted in 2 deg toe-out on one side, it still tracked just fine.

Rob B.

junglejet

Dude, you only need toe in on tail draggers. Alignment on tricicle undercarriage aircraft should be zero degrees.