Originally Posted by
matadco
I have built 2 tigers, the first in the "90's and was a 45 size. The 60 one I built a couple of years ago. The only problem with the 60 was extremely tail heavy. Took almost pound of nose weight. What's the secret to building more nose heavy. avoiding so much noise weight? It flies great but how much better without the extreme nose weight.
Nose weight to ballance is just one fo the things that need to be done reguardless of the amount. It will have an effect on performance if it has a marginal engine, as a matter a fact many put a heavier engine in them to help with the ballance issues, much depends on how you want to fly it and you have a throttle to manage the power so go bigger. It's a great flyer with alot of wing area and will handle whatever weight is needed to ballance. You can also put a hatch on the bottom of chin (right under the fuel tank) and get a good size battery in it, that will make a difference.
Leroy