Can someone explain in this forum the correct way to balance a plane. I have seen people put marks at the ends of the wings and balance with their fingers and then there are the ones like me who use the CG machine and hang the plane on it. I always understood that the CG measurment in most manuals is to be measured at the root of the wing where it attaches to the fuselage. If that is so then how do the people with larger planes find that same measurment at the tips considering the wings usually have some taper. Proper CG balance points are essential to a successful first flight.