I am "re-building" a 50cc ESM Corsair and initially removed about six pounds of lead from the cowl. Now it looks as I get closer to completing the rebuild that I will need to put some of that back but I hate to put any weight on a cowl. The orginal owner placed the elevator servos in the tail but their weight is nominal and I don't believe repositioning them forward would make that much difference, I did however reposition everything else forward as much as possible.
As to the weight in the cowl, I am planning on using lead sheeting that can be molded into the curvature of the cowl and strengthening the cowl mount with glass impregnated Hysol-20HP epoxy. I am also going to move the RX battery out onto the engine supports along with the IGN battery. I'm guessing that the cowl weight will be in the 3-4 pound range. Hate to do this but these planes cannot function when tail heavy. What are y'all's thoughts?

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Bullseye52