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Old 11-30-2011 | 11:22 AM
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Default RE: Adding winglets to ARF wingtips

ORIGINAL: speedracerntrixie


How is moving the CG even farther forward going to help? He already said he was further forward then the instructions called for ( Manufacturers are usually forward to befing with ). That will make his situation even worse!
Recommended C.G. settings are exactly that, recommendations.

He is complaining about "stall" or wing drop on a plane that does exactly that even when properly set up. It is an acrobatic plane after all.

That in itself indicates that he is not used to the characteristics of a typical Extra and as others have indicated, not properly managing throttle.

Given that, moving the C.G. forward will FORCE him to bring the plane in faster preventing stall/drop.... he can experiment with that as necessary.


The .2kg difference in weight he states will BARELY affect the performance of that plane, and unfortunately he is zeroed in on the wrong thing. The OP has a rather long history of doing this given his many prior posts and threads where he's done the same thing.

So instead of concentrating on fixing the plane, the "pilot" needs a bit of work.

BTW: .1 - .2kg over specs, I would consider "light", I'll freqently and purposely throw larger packs onto my 1.20-1.40 sized planes and end up a full 1/2 lb heavier or more than specs... I've never noticed any problems what-so-ever.