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Old 08-10-2016, 10:14 PM
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Because your motors rotate outward at the top of the arc (as I understood you to say) you will need a very slight amount of toe-in to prevent heavy-side steering dominance. The mount of toe-in required is based upon arcane math involving a triangle from the average point of entry for the hull and the points of thrust and the distance between the points of thrust. I don't get that math.

I do know that if you have any toe-out, your motors are fighting/thrusting against each other in a turn. As with a car, the inside prop (wheel) travels a shorter forward distance through the same degrees of arc, and so must turn more sharply. This is accomplished by toe-in.
But 3/4" is too much, of that I'm sure.
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