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Old 07-06-2015, 04:06 PM
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Well finished what I needed to today and ran the engines, after I got my wires straight they cranked very nice. taxi test was great no problems and no hot spots on the jet. The CG was tail heavy and without the missiles on it I had to add about 200 grams for CG, this is not bad considering I still need to add a few things to the nose I will be able to remove the weight. Then I will fine tune it with my swing battery placement..... Even with my back to missile rails on it was just tilting down past level so im happy. I will finish the throw setup tonight and then pack up the jet. The Avanti is already in the trailer!!

I have some videos uploading of engine runs and taxi, cheers!


Just a note the tail hook is held up by a small set screw
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