50 cent plane balance
07-18-2004, 10:15 PM
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50 cent plane balance
Use two of those 25 cent foam paint brushes to make a "precision balance"
You probably have some used ones laying around like I did.
Cut the plastic pegs off the brush and use the rounded end to support the wing. Use some foam to support the sticks.
It Works! ....much better than the finger balancer.
BTW: It came in handy today, I found that a 30% balance point didn't work(tail heavy),I was lucky to get the plane down in one piece.... rebalanced it at 25% and it flew great!
You probably have some used ones laying around like I did.
Cut the plastic pegs off the brush and use the rounded end to support the wing. Use some foam to support the sticks.
It Works! ....much better than the finger balancer.
BTW: It came in handy today, I found that a 30% balance point didn't work(tail heavy),I was lucky to get the plane down in one piece.... rebalanced it at 25% and it flew great!
07-19-2004, 12:59 AM
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RE: 50 cent plane balance
The plane is a Ace "Simple Series" Extra 230. I built this one from the plans and used a constant chord Ace wing. I have a non-throttled Norvel .049 on it.
You can find the kit at www.quantummodels.com
under Ace- aircraft
You can find the kit at www.quantummodels.com
under Ace- aircraft
