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Old 10-07-2005, 05:59 PM
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Default Balancing low-wing plane

Greetings -

I balanced my Sky Raider Mach II. Wound up adding 8.5 oz to the nose. I know that's a lot but that's what it took. I did this with the plane rightside up.

A couple of old field geezers told me today I did it wrong. They say you have to balance a low-wing plane *upside down*.

How could this possibly be? Wouldn't the balance point be the same whether rightside up or upside down?

Tnx -

LeeH
Rightside up at the moment...