The used trainer I bought is waaay tail-heavy.

Because of the space needed, and it's location, I would have to add a pound of lead to the thing to balance it. The previous owner had a bunch of steel bars zip-tied to the thing. I have ordered one of those heavy prop nuts, like 2.5 oz. I know it's just simple physics, but is this a better solution than adding lead to the already cramped firewall?


I thought of adding lead to the inside of the spinner.....and then quickly remembered the basic F=M*A and abandoned the idea entirely. That would be like using scotch tape to hold a quarter to the edge of a circular saw blade.

By the looks of things, I will need both the heavy prop nut and some lead on the firewall.

This is a right flyer MKII 40 T. Why is is so darned tail-heavy???

Any Ideas?