ORIGINAL: Pilot Chad
ok, let me rephrase...
I would put them side by side, where in the front if you need more wight to balance the CG, over the cg if you need no weight etc..
Velcroing them just is good, because if they come unhooked, then you are screwed and lose control. So velcroe just insures they don't come unhooked and keeps them from moving in high g manuevers.. (I have seen a cub go down because batteries weren't helod down, and they therefore unhooked from the reciever all during a loop and that loop went on for about 5 minutes...
OK just to be sure (sorry I'm really new to airplanes), this is what you mean, right? Excuse the awful ascii drawing - I'm no artist

The viewpoint is looking say through the bulkhead, as if it had been removed (I think that's what it's called)
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