ORIGINAL: boxbeam
I recently finished a Unionville Hobby 8' radial Beaver. Checking the balance on it, I have to install 15 oz. of lead on the firewall. Has anyone had to put almost a pound of nose weight on one of their models? ... I have never had to add so much weight to balance a plane before. Maybe because of the short nose and narrow wing chord this is the norm for this specific model? Any comments?
Ron
You've already gotten some suggestions for how to do it, and I'll add mine by saying that make use of wheel weights.
But my main comment is that you seem to be a bit hesitant about adding weight, but I'd like to get you over that by pointing out that it's whole lot easier to fly a "heavy" balanced model than a lighter, tail heavy one.
The balanced but heavier model is easy to fly and land, just interesting.
The tail heavy model, although lighter, is often a one-flight proposition.