I'm running about 7in on this one. I'll cut it down to 5 on the next one.  The gear is bottomed out at that point.
The design calls for a retractable nose wheel, but I modified mine to be fixed.  Much lighter, and if I try to land with the mains up the plane is still somewhat controllable and I won't suffer a prop strike.

Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Ernest,
>
>How much ground clearance does that prop have?  When I do a static runup, my
>plane nose will lower 3-4 inches.  I measured 8 inches of clearance with the
>front strut bottomed out.
>
>Is that front gear retractable?
>
>Happy 2012 everybody!
>
>Bill B
>
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>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 7:03 PM
>To: Rotary motors in aircraft
>Subject: [FlyRotary] Prop is carved
>
>Prop test item One just needs to be glassed now.
>
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