Hi Oli,

thanks for details... so this brings another question ...

"The reason is that in that range, the plane would fall on its tail while sitting on the ground with an empty tank "

so for a quick rear CG check in the field ? ... with no fuel, if i push the tail of phoenix to ground then let go and the nose wheel falls to the ground , would this indicate CG is flyable ?

or by chance have you put scale on nose wheel at rear most CG , see what scale indicates ?

just curious , I was looking for quick way to check for rear most CG while at field.

thanks, Joe