Originally Posted by
jack steward350
The best thing you could do would be to contact someone who has one that they have flown.
I just sent an email to Teus. There may be one other (electric version) flying in Germany somewhere.
For what it is worth the first photo I would call tell heavy. The second is obvious.
This is where the darn semantics interfere. In that first photo, the centerline of the model is level and you can see the positive incidence on the stabilizer. If "balanced" really means "balanced level" then this is balanced. If "balanced" really means in modeler parlance "angled slightly downward" then this is slightly "tail-heavy." I suppose many modelers commonly talk about "slight nose-down balance." In the second photo, I'd say the model is far too nose-heavy IF we assume the model should be balanced at 12cm back (as per the plane). I would have to remove most of the nose weight to give the model the attitude seen in the first photo.
On the maiden flight, it was porpoising all over the sky, doing unintended loops, diving, rolling...it was a nightmare. Once I moved the CG forward, the pitch seemed more or less under control and the main issue was the strong pull to the left.