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Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General

01-16-2012, 10:28 AM

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What kind of weight/lead do you use to CG balance big planes?

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Posted By cutaway

RE: What kind of weight/lead do you use to CG balance big planes?

Lead boils just over 3,000F, it would be hard to generate temps like that with a propane torch, so producing lead vapor is unlikely. It melts at just over 600F.

Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - General

01-16-2012, 08:16 AM

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What kind of weight/lead do you use to CG balance big planes?

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Posted By cutaway

RE: What kind of weight/lead do you use to CG balance big planes?

Some old desk lamps have a nice chunk of easily machinable/threadable zinc die cast bolted in their base.

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