Hi all,
@ec121
the CG from the manual is nearly exact at 25% of the chord. I calculated the CG with the Aircraft Super Calculator from the Geistware page. The result was 33%. I will start with 28%, at that point I still need some weight. Using a bigger battery and both batteries direct behind the fire wall is resulting in a slightly nose heavy plane. So we will see.
@superfli
I have made your -landing gear experience- yesterday while taxiing along the field. I made some turns to find out how the plane reacts on the ground, and all of a sudden it twisted the right side of the landing gear completely.
This is crap !
And BTW... my impression was, that it is not easy to controll the plane on the ground. I think a part of that is the very small-sized tail wheel.
Anyhow...
I still had the landing gear from my crashed Seagull Yak 54, which fits perfectly to this plane. I also replaced the small tail wheel with a bigger one.
Hope I can do the maiden flight today without any further surprise.
The engine runs OK....
youtu.be/Dfu_jlNFfTw
Thanks,
Chris