Originally Posted by
sideoftheroad
Well this isn't good when you need a small 2x4 to balance it. The servo tray is notched in so I can't change that. Only thing I can think of is a really heavy battery. The nimh battery that's in there now is all the way forward as far as it can go. The engine has it's own mount that attaches to the back of the engine and the firewall has blind nuts so it's pretty much specific to that engine. Don't know what else I can do.
Is there any way you can put a spacer between the firewall and the engine mount to push the engine forward a bit? You could also try a heavy hub/spinner to put some extra weight as far forward as possible.
Your plane looks great, by the way. I just finished an SSE with as an electric conversion. With a 5S 4000 mah battery, up front, I am actually a touch nose heavy (about 1/8" - 3/16" ahead of the ideal CG).
Al