RE: Balancing My Tiger 2
Is it a tail dragger? Mine's a tricycle gear setup, and with a 4-stroke .48, aluminum spinner, and APC prop, it's always flown fine. I later switched to the TT .46 Pro and balance seemed to be about the same. Rx battery is just at the leading edge of the wing, so nothing extreme going on here to make it balance. Then again, I'm not the original builder.........I suppose there's a remote possibility that the builder stuck a bunch of lead weights under the tank!
I'm currently converting the plane to a tail dragger and I'm afraid it's going to be tail heavy. How much, I dunno, but with the lack of nosewheel, the addition of a scale tailwheel, and a bit of extra glue, wood, and filler in the tail to patch up some old scars, I'll probably have to add some weight to the nose (especially if I go to a .40 2-stroke like I'm planning). OTOH, it might have been nose heavy enough that moving CG back a little will turn it into a better flying plane, rather than making it a mess to control.
-Matt Bailey