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Old 01-21-2005 | 10:05 AM
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Default RE: Vectorflight Edge 540 build

Well my plane is now done I just need to find some decient weather and finish breaking in my Saito. This weekend we are expecting about 5-8 inches of snow so I think I wont be flying or at least starting the motor any time soon.
I again weighed my plane and checked the balance again after a few more tweaks i did for supporting the fuel tank. Balance came out to be exactly 4 3/8 with no weight with the battery under the servo tray. I may add some temp weight to the front for the maiden and slowly take it off as i get used to the plane. Also full flying weight less fuel came out to be 8.5 pounds. So im really happy about that.
As it keeps getting futher into January the flying weather will be going bye bye, becasue we seem to get all the snow during that period. After this weekend of snow we will probally have it still on the ground for about a week. Guess i will have to wait. But i want to finish running in this motor before anything.
I did re check the balance on the propeller again to see if the vibration was comming from that. But, it balanced out perfect. I dont konw if you should balance the hub on the propeller because if you hold the prop vertical it should stay there but, it dont. So i know my hub i heavy on one side. I tryed balancing the hub on my last prop and destroyed it. Ended up I had to taken off too much material for it to be safe. So i didn't on this current MAS prop. So do you think it would be a problem?