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Old 10-12-2011 | 07:57 AM
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Default RE: CMP Katana 140 V2 CG

ORIGINAL: Bonified Wingnut

I'm not kidding. With nothing else installed I have to hang the engine out of the front of the cowl to get it to balance at the recommended range. when I start adding servos and linkages to the rear of the plane it is going to get real bad. I could move all of the servos under the cowl and add 15 more and it still wouldn't balance with the engine inside of the cowl.
Are you balancing it where I told you to?


Are your battery packs on the engine mounting block?

Don't add servos to the rear of the plane. Do as I indicated above.

Remember that 1-2oz on the tail may be the equivalent of 8-10oz+ on the noze due to the different lever moments.

Also balance the plane with the prop and spinner installed. You want everything in it to establish the C.G.