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Old 06-04-2014 | 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by All Day Dan
Use this to calculate the CG. Put it at the 25 to 30 percent point. The actual airfoil will have some effect but you will be able to survive the first flight to refine it. Dan.
http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/cg_calc.htm#mac
Dan, the app you suggest is good when the model is going to have a "regular tail". What that is is anyone's guess. To deal with a model that might have a smaller, or larger, or longer, or shorter tail than "regular", the best app to use is one that also considers the details. It only takes a minute more to measure how far back the tail is and what it's measurements are. This app http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/cg_super_calc.htm gives a CG location that takes everything important to the CG location into consideration. And it doesn't take any more effort than the app that assumes your model is "regular".