ORIGINAL: misha034
Super. Will tray tomorrow and see where Cg is at this time on my Zero. My good friend Mirce who has helped me with glassing and painting, (and he is flying big warbirds)
is always saying that weight is not important and that, the bigger and heavier plane is, it flays more realistic and easyer
thank you for data.
There is some truth to that statement, but the first part about weight not being important is incorrect. Bigger planes generally speaking are heavier, a heavier plane with more wing area and extra weight will handle wind better and fly smoother with much less pilot ability. But, and this is the but, if you load up a smaller plane to be as heavy as a much larger plane you are asking for trouble. I think the reason these planes fly so well is because of the basic design of the Zero itself, if CMP could have made a lighter plane, say with a built up fuselage, I think it would be outstanding. I believe that in calm conditions any plane can be flown smoothly and realistically, no matter how light.
Built it more to fly and not for "Scale Masters".
MrBean, you make me laugh! lol!
Well folks, for your masking pleasure I offer the Zero canopy! Actually I am not offering this for sale, I only had one person ask and I only made 1 extra, it will be for L16pilot.
I saved 3oz in the wing by adding bellcranks and one servo, it should come out to more savings in nose weight. My single flap servo will be mounted in the old retract servo slot in the leading edge of the wing.