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Old 12-10-2010 | 09:42 AM
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Default RE: New Decathlons From Seagull 91 and 120 Size!

To whom who has already flown 120 Decathlon.
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I try to find out an exact location of the CG of the plane.
The manual says - "The center of gravity is locate 10cm (100mm) back from the leading edge of the wing". Mike Buzzeo from his review is saying that the CG is 70 - 90mm from the leading edge of the wing.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...rticle_id=1152
Even that 70-90mm has a huge gap and Mike should have known that! It should be 70-80 or 80-90 or something like that, but not 70-90mm.
In my past experience with Phoenix .46 Decathlon manual was wrong. That Decathlon needed the CG 20mm to the front from what manual was saying. In money wise perspective, I totally understand Seagull and Phoenix Vietnamese companies - more crashes more money from selling spare parts. It said that the Chinese companies do the same – making planes more tail heavy.

I do not like to experiment with this plane as I did with Phoenix one. Where is a CG of the 120 Decathlon guys?