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Old 02-22-2015 | 05:15 AM
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Azzir325
 
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That's interesting, Fever. I always figured my wing panels were not straight simply because of their nature, and the fact that most landings ended in noseovers, however, squirrelyness was never an issue. Mine flew true and authentic to the genre, ie: loves rudder in the turns. I used the lead block included with the kit, and a Higley heavy hub on the maiden. When I took the heavy hub off, it DID make a difference. I almost maidened her without the lead because it hung nearly level on my balance beams. When I put the one pound lead block on the nose, the plane moved less the one half inch (!!!!!). If I had flown it without the lead, it would have been a disaster! In my experience, squirrelyness translates to tail heavyness, and with this plane in particular it is true. I put the heavy hub back on and never took it off. If your plane doesn't hang dead level or slightly nose down on the balancer, it is tail heavy and will always be a squirrel. As for the noseovers, H9 chose a scale landing gear (read that "narrow"), whereas BUSA (I LOVE BUSA, BTW) models generally sport a wider stance gear which helps their ground handling. I moved the block of lead to a position under my motor, and that helped, but it is still tough to land.

BTW, I have a snoopy pilot too.
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