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Old 06-23-2004 | 03:29 PM
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Crashem
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Default RE: GWS Beaver Pulls to Left

Well, actually I put my fingers right in between the two lines. lol.... How am I suppose to do it? I will try moving stuff around. Everything is glued in though, so i may just tape some pennies in there to change the CG for now. Yes / No?
I'd say your balancing method got you in the ball park. You can get a CG balancing Machine from Great planes for under 30.00 US or you can make one with two dowels or pencils and a 2x6 you can find detailed instructions on how to make one on this site if you try the search feature.

I'd use model clay but pennies might work the problem is that if you add too much weight to the model it won't fly as well.

They could be out. Should they be completely parralel with the stabilizer when the servos are at netural position?
They should be parralel to start out with during the course of triming the model it may become neccessary to move them so that they have some deflection when the trims are in the nuetral position in order to achieve level flight.

Its good that you have someone experienced to help its these little problems that I was refering to when I suggested nothing beats in person help after your friend take 5 minutes to show you how to properly trim a model you'll be surprised at how easy it is to do. Describing the process via a keyboard is another matter entirely