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Old 04-10-2019 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Nicastro
Interesting, a little heavy.
If you have never flown this plane on the heavy side then you’re going to notice the weight almost immediately. Mine balances on the aluminum wing spar with the stab level, gear down and tank dry. In this configuration I can land with low fuel and the plane is very docile and easy to handle. If it was more nose heavy then the landings will get more sporty and less comfortable.
So just a suggestion, at the new weight, take it up high and do some stalls and dirty approaches with a couple flap settings so you can get the feel of it. It was very different from the light configuration for me and I had to figure it out. It reminded me of the H9 Corsair in the way it handled heavy on approach.

Happy landings, keep us posted and I hope you get video!
I have flown this plane before the make over..see the flight post #627. Im balancing mine on the aluminum spars too. Those are exactly at 5 3/4"