Originally Posted by
YellowAircraft
Hi
I've mentioned this before, and I'm sure this project is long finished, but it's noteworthy that the number of production aircraft in the world with full-flying stabs on which the stabs are static-balanced on the pivot is exactly........zero. This is particularly true for Piper aircraft like the one being modeled. Just sayin...
Well that's easy to say; Piper no longer exists and hasn't for quite a long time. Hard to compare a Cirrus/Cessna to an old Piper. The Comanches and the early Arrows were some of GA's best efforts at a real, useable by the average person and not too expensive GA aircraft were admirable IMHO.
As for your model; an out of balance control surface can only be made worse by ignoring the issue. It may be a model, but it's still an airplane.....