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Old 05-29-2016 | 04:17 PM
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OK, well following what I have read here, 30% of the MAC comes out to 4.425", roughly 4 3/8' or a little more than that. Splitting the difference between leading edges places it at, guess where, 3 1/2", which also happens to be the actual balance point for a normal Cub. This one came out a little tail heavy compared to my other Cub, both are SIG 1/5th kits, so the wood in the tail may have been heavier, or I used more dope(which wouldn't surprise me with all the coats needed to make it look yellow. There are at least 8 or more coats, 2 nitrate, 2 clear, 2 white, and 2 yellow.

I have it all put together now, tomorrow is its maiden flight. If all goes well, then I will finish the details on it with the decals. This time I made darn sure the dummy engine will stay on the cowl. My other one looks silly with an outline of where the dummy engine used to be. First flight on that one it came off. Thats what I get for not gluing it on before painting. I had scraped the paint away from where it glued, but that wasn't enough.