RE: Effect of moving CG?
Paul, yep that's the dummy! The prop conveniently hides the cylinder of the 52 FS. This is a heavily modified William's Bros 2" scale LeRhone kit made to look more like the Oberursal in the Eindecker. Here it is before the "magic" coat of paint. The rods are made of music wire wrapped with FliteMetal. The bottom photo shows the kits as it would normally turn out.