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Old 11-14-2017, 03:12 AM
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Lil Hoss
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Well just for the heck of it I rebalanced my Mustang on a buddies balancer and came up with the same results. 2 lbs of weight In the nose.
We both looked inside to find a way to shift any weight forward. That is it........ Nothing else can go forward and no way of making the tail lighter.
As said in a earlier post,,, The CG should be 137MM from the leading edge. Found out from reading that is way off. I went a 128MM.
I suppose I could move it back to 130mm and lose a ounce or two.........
One thing I did do and must be making a difference is I had a friend turn me some new motor stand offs. Brought the motor back about 3/16's of a inch.
If I didn't do this the distance between the spinner back plate and the cowl would have been a 1/4 inch. It looked awful.........
I guess I will be flying a 17lb plane............ Thanks guys for the replies guys.......
Hoss