ORIGINAL: Joystick TX
Fantastic looking plane. Looks like your four years of work paid off.
Hopefully you can move some of the ''heavy'' stuff forward to take care of the tail heavy problem. I love the new light weight batteries, but it is discouraging when moving them fore or aft makes very little difference. We have come a long way from the days of the 2-1/2 pounds of radio gear.
Steve and all,
Thank you. I have a 3000ma lipo that I will place right behind the firewall. It adds about 2 ozs to the weight of the current set-up. That will enable me to fly all weekend on one charge. At least it won't be dead weight.
Not much I can do to lighten the tail....stab is about as light as I can build. I may have a little more latitude with rudder, making it smaller. But won't know whether a smaller rudder is feasible until I get some more flying under her wings.