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Old 06-29-2011, 09:44 PM
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convair580
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Default RE: World models 80 inch p51 engine advice

I have been lax in posting, life got away from me and I have been flying other models. Quite frankly I am a little nervous about flying such a beautiful bird. Anyway I got her all set up tonight and went to balance her, holy moly! Nose heavy!!!

I have the DLE-30 with a pitts muffler, menze 18x8 prop and I put the ignition battery and switch under the chin cowl, maybe part of the problem, but she is still pretty heavy up front. Balance empty, upside down, gear down, at 175 mm.

Anyone else have forward CG issues?

May have to move ignition batt and rx batt into aft fuse area behind rudder/elevator servos. Not sure.

Thanks in advance