Originally Posted by
nxtdoor
Sandor,
A question was asked concerning using the CG Wizard to find the CG of a taildragger. The question was do you have to have the taildragger at the flying angle of attack, which wasn't anaswered. I am getting prepared to use the Wizard on a large taildragger and would like to know the answer to this question. Research I have done regarding full scale planes indicates the plane needs to be at flying angle of attack. Can you confirm this?
Jeff
Hi Jeff .
Yes Aircraft needs to be level! , set tail wheel on the front sensor. use something to lift it to make it level (use the TARE button first to set sensor to zero incl the lifting tool!)
place main wheels on other sensors.
do measuring exactly the same, measure distance of sensors type in the app
and measure the CG from the main sensors toward the manufacturers CG location.
compare with Balance point and move weight as desired.
its the same basics only reversed.
if in Doubt my experience is always use 1/3 of the wing to find the "rough" cg ,