ORIGINAL: Mustang Fever
I've got the 25e and the 60. I think H9 is very conservative on the CG recommendations. I ended by balancing my 60 about 1/4'' aft of the rear most recommended point, and the 25 about 1/8''. Neither have the nose over tendency (with the stock gear) that everyone talks about. They both still have a fair amount of up elevator trim for level flight, so I'm thinking the CG could go even further aft. (They both recover from spins when the controls are released.)
I suspect the 120 is no different.
I'm finding that out myself, cautiously working rearward about by removing firewall ballast weight about 1/2 oz at a time. Things just keep getting better!
ORIGINAL: brrzee
Just my two cents, but especially for a maiden I recommend flying on a calm, calm day. I know it's Canada, not too often that happens but you sure get a good feel of the good, the bad and the ugly of the airplane if there is any of the last two comments. Flying in wind or really high winds on a maiden can cause the aircraft to do somethings that trick you into thinking it's flying great or really bad, trimming the plane can be tricky and lead into thinking it needs more or less trim etc...
Just a thought, that was one of my first lessons that I now live by when doing a maiden.
I hear you. I certainly wouldn't do it again!
Plane looks really nice by the way, I flew the Hangar 9 Pulse 40 PNP as my first low wing. It was awesome, can't say enough about that aircraft. It really tought me the basics about aerobatic flight as I wanted to get into some bigger planes later.
Brrzee
Thanks very much - I put a lot of work into it.