need cg help
05-14-2013, 04:19 PM
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need cg help
Hey racers,
A friend of mine has an old viper Q500. It has full length ailerons, T tail and the engine mounts upright , yet the crank is no where near the thrust line center of the fuse. My question is whats the CG?
I started at 3.38". I have since remover 1 1/4 oz from the tail ( a little at a time). It flew like crap at first, flew like crap when I took off 1/2 oz and still flies like crap with the rest off.
When he got it, it had almost 2 ozs at the tail. My maiden was a total handfull and definately tail heavey, hence a removal process of that dead weight. I have 4 flights on it, and it still porpuses, so Im still taking throw rates down, but its next to nothing no (maybe 1/8" at most)
The ailerons act like there is slop (cant trim) but the hinges and controls are tight?
Any ideas here?
For what its worth, Ive flown lots of quickys and other race type planes. Never have I had one this bad.
A friend of mine has an old viper Q500. It has full length ailerons, T tail and the engine mounts upright , yet the crank is no where near the thrust line center of the fuse. My question is whats the CG?
I started at 3.38". I have since remover 1 1/4 oz from the tail ( a little at a time). It flew like crap at first, flew like crap when I took off 1/2 oz and still flies like crap with the rest off.
When he got it, it had almost 2 ozs at the tail. My maiden was a total handfull and definately tail heavey, hence a removal process of that dead weight. I have 4 flights on it, and it still porpuses, so Im still taking throw rates down, but its next to nothing no (maybe 1/8" at most)
The ailerons act like there is slop (cant trim) but the hinges and controls are tight?
Any ideas here?
For what its worth, Ive flown lots of quickys and other race type planes. Never have I had one this bad.
05-15-2013, 04:26 AM
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RE: need cg help
I guess I would start looking at the incidence on the firewall, wing and tail.. The center line of the engine doesn't have to be the center line of the fuse as long as it's straight.. Assuming the firewall is only 2.25" square, it can't be that far off anyway..
05-15-2013, 05:50 AM
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The worst flying quickie I ever flew had a positive wing and negative tail.. It didn't matter what I did I couldn't get it to fly right.. It wasn't mine but the guy that owned it told me to take it and fix it or trash it.. I cut off the tail and reset the wing making sure everything was at zero.. Set the CG and it flew pretty well.. Then, promptly midaired with the guy who gave it to me the week before.. Carma I guess.. 
05-15-2013, 07:21 AM
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This is the old Hobbico Viper low wing I believe? They never did fly very good, at least I didn't think so and most were heavy pigs.
The 2 5/8 - 2 3/4 sounds about right to me, could you possibly have a sloppy servo in there that is not centering properly? I'd swap out the elevator servo and see if that helps.
The 2 5/8 - 2 3/4 sounds about right to me, could you possibly have a sloppy servo in there that is not centering properly? I'd swap out the elevator servo and see if that helps.
05-15-2013, 11:16 AM
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Took another 1/4 oz off tail, reduced throws and it flew much better. I would never race it as it isnt 130 ish, yet flies good for this beginner just thinking of racing. We had to shim the L/G forward to accept the reduce aft CG. Then it seemed fine. i got 4 more set up flights on it today. Turns like a lead sled (heavy model). It is now flying with 1 1/2 oz of less tail weight. Cant believe it even flew with all that originally on it.
Thx for the input guys.
Thx for the input guys.
