jpuke

Good morning!

I got myself a 1/2A Sig Skyray that I've put together and I'm in the final stages of getting it ready for its (and my) first flight. My question is regarding how to balance the airplane. I have a Great Planes aircraft balancer but it says it's only for planes that are greater than 2 lbs in weight and I'm pretty sure my Skyray is not and that's why I'm having problems balancing it.

I have gotten it to balance on the aircraft balancer but only but setting about 1 oz of lead on the nose - does this seem excessive? How do you all go about attaching weight to your models to balance them? What could I use to test its balance?

Any other tips on getting this airplane to fly well from the start?

Thanks,
jpuke