Can Anyone Tell Me What Plane This Is?
10-30-2011, 06:17 AM
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Can Anyone Tell Me What Plane This Is?
Just purchased this plane at a local swap meet. It is ready to fly minus the CG. Can anyone tell me what airplane it is and the recommended CG.
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Dan
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10-30-2011, 07:06 AM
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RE: Can Anyone Tell Me What Plane This Is?
Looks like something from Morris Hobbys, the paint is a little distracting? The balance will be close if you use the wing spar(deepest place on the wing cross section) you can then refine it if need be, but should be good to go with a little trimming.
10-30-2011, 07:22 AM
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RE: Can Anyone Tell Me What Plane This Is?
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Looks like something from Morris Hobbys, the paint is a little distracting? The balance will be close if you use the wing spar(deepest place on the wing cross section) you can then refine it if need be, but should be good to go with a little trimming.
Looks like something from Morris Hobbys, the paint is a little distracting? The balance will be close if you use the wing spar(deepest place on the wing cross section) you can then refine it if need be, but should be good to go with a little trimming.
Thanks Gizmo.
Forgot to mention, it is a foam wing so it is hard to tell where the spare is. I found a CG calculator online and got 2 1/2 to 3 3/4 from the leading edge. How does that sound?
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10-30-2011, 09:46 AM
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RE: Can Anyone Tell Me What Plane This Is?
Foam wing sounds like a Lanier kit, does it have an ABS cowl and other parts? A good CG starting point is about 25% back from the leading edge, about where the rib cross section is the thickest, that would be where a spar would be located normally. Go slightly forward to be slightly nose heavy better than to other way around.
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