ORIGINAL: rg1911
I also ordered the 2nd grade contest sheeting from National Balsa. It's too bad that they had it only in 3-inch widths rather than 4-inch. I made a SWAG and ordered 20 48-inch sheets. They arrived with only minor edge dings. I'll see if I can come up with an accurate weight difference between the supplied sheeting and the contest.
......with any luck mine will arrive soon. Not that I'm ready for it. Sigh ...
Cheers,
Richard
Take heart Richard...not all of us have the luxury of having hordes of elves slaving away on the plane while billberry simply supervises with a megaphone in his hand...
I'll mention this later, but in the small chance billberry isn't doing this, I found it useful to individually weigh each sheet of balsa, (on a digital postal scale), and put the heavier pieces on the left wing to counteract the off-center weight of the sidemounted engine. I also did this with the spars. Using this method, I didn't have any problem laterally balancing the Simla. In fact, I many have, (can't remember), put TOO MANY of the heavier pieces on that side, and had to add just a little to the right tip.
Duane