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Old 06-25-2013, 05:49 AM
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Default RE: CG = Wheels Up or Down?



It seems that some do it UP and some down.

The first flight I balanced gear down and it flew great.  But i later had a "momentary lack of reason" and hit a tree on approach so repaired everything and put in a different heavy duty set of retracts. 

The repaired plane with new heavier retracts is nose heavy with retracts down but very tail heavy with retracts up. 

If i add nose weight then I will get very nose heavy and am concerned about take off plus I don't want to add any weight if I don't have to.

Any other thoughts?

Semper Fi

Keith