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Old 07-14-2016 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by rcmiket
The Avistar is a ARF and everything is set from the factory. I own one and did a electric conversion. It does none of the stuff the OP has said his does. His CG has to be off. 100 grms of weight in the tail ?


Mike
My Kadet Senior Sport is an ARF, with everything set at the factory. It wanted to climb like crazy.

The problem was that it needed down thrust, even though it wasn't mentioned in the assembly manual.

The OP's model may indeed be tail heavy, but I wouldn't assume so without knowing if it glides well, without power. If so, I'd look at thrust issues. If not, it could be decalage issues, as radiisteve suggests.