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Old 03-09-2004 | 02:01 AM
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Default ZNLine Supreme building questions

I received a ZNLine Supreme kit last week. I would be grateful if anybody could answer some of these questions:

1. Where should the CG be located?

2. I would like to mount one servo in each stab half. Set up this way, will the plane balance near the CG with a YS DZ140 and hyde mount, or will it be tail heavy?

3. The stab has a balsa block insert in each stab half, with a hole that is cut to fit a gator rc phenolic tube socket. I want to use a PBG carbon fiber tube and socket, but the socket is about 1.5 mm less diameter than the hole in the stab halves. Any ideas how to build up the PBG carbon socket to fit the hole, without adding much weight? I was thinking about a wrap of light fiberglass cloth, and epoxying that in place.

4. What are the two round balsa plugs to be used for? They are about 3/8 inch thick by 3/4 inch diameter.

5. There is a short piece of carbon fiber socket that fits the wing tube, that must be intended to support the wing tube in the fuselage. But the fuselage already has the tube socket supports molded into the fuse. I don't understand how or whether this short piece of carbon fiber tube socket is to be used. Anybody know?

BTW, the kit is beautiful. The fuselage is the best I have seen. It's hard to imagine how to improve the quality of these kits, but they keep getting better. The seam is absolutely level and perfect on the top and bottom. There is about 1/10th of a millimeter of flashing along the seam to sand down. There are absolutely no chips or bubbles along any of the sharp edges. There are no voids between the cloth and primer gel coat. It's almost ready to paint as is.