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Old 03-13-2015, 02:42 PM
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Brian, you can do the calculation by the area rule. Locate the CG where 25% of the wing area is in front of it. I used AutoCAD to do this for a Benny Howard Pete I designed. It flew fine at the calculated area and no changes were required. Dan.

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