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To "76.ta", what do you mean "...Because most of the plane is fiberglass they should all balance out close to each other or am I wrong in thinking this?..." \
What I meant by my above statement is that when you build a plane totally out of balsa wood and ply, if you were to build 100 of these planes, the different densities of wood would cause some of the planes to be more tail heavy, some nose heavy, etc. which would mean that different weights of engine, different placements of the battery, etc. would be needed to make the plane balance out correctly.
Because the fuselage is made of fiberglass and the wings of course are right on the center of gravity, my thinking was that most all of our planes (gee bees) will balance out with the same configurations (engines,batt ect.) with just slight differences because of the consistencies in weight distribution of the fiberglass fuselage. Because this is the first fiberglass fuselage I have dealt with, I could be wrong and the weight of the fiberglass fuselage could be as varied as if they were build out of balsa and ply. Your input on this would be appreciated.
I was just hoping there would be less variance so that way we could all copy off of what other people found out works to make the plane balance the easiest.
ROY