Question Idle motor arm position?

Hey all!
I am sure this question has been asked/answered but I haven't been able to find it. I am about to cut my rods to attach to my rear motor arms and I am not sure what should be my starting position for the motor arms. I THINK it should be as I have in the photo, horizontal. But please give me your thoughts, or link to the answer to this if you can, thanks so much for your help!
Nick

PS: Notice that I only have 3.5 inches of clearance from the cockpit to the top of the motor. Do you think this will be enough distance to enjoy the pitch motion? Or should I have made my cockpit higher?

Thanks!

I found this comment helpful to answer this question:
https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/simcalc-by-tim-mcguire.11277/page-4#post-222952
It sounds like having a 90 degree resting angle would be best

There’s a program you can use that’s very helpful go through the download section I forget what it’s called now I’ll try find it for you, but to me it looks like those motors need to be further behind the seat to get more leverage, check mine in my profile to get an idea

Yeah thanks bro

thanks guys! I have since moved my entire cockpit forward away from teh motors and extended the rods. I also moved the rod attachment point to the arms closer to the motors to give more leverage. Thanks for your advice!

I was really over estimating the length of arms I needed when I built them originally! I adjusted my arm attachment points making the total lengh of each arm maybe 3 inches long and its plenty. The seat moves more then enough. So if you read this, less is more with arm length!

Always easier to shorten the arms instead of adding length.

Yeah depends what motors you’re using. I used motion dynamics with standard gearbox hence needing more leverage, so mine are about 700 long