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Old 01-23-2006 | 09:54 PM
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pilott28
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Default RE: Composite-ARF Lightning Build Thread

22 inches long, 7.5 wide and 5 high at the tallest point. I will post pictures later this week of my Blubox F15 cockpit, which fits perfectly with a few mods.

For those of you with early kits, make sure you get the updated manual with changed CG instructions, version 1.1. The original manual states the model should balance at 45-50 mm in front of the spar tube with empty mains and a full hopper. If you are like me, you will build a special jig to do the CG on this large plane, only to find that you need about 15 pounds of nose weight to get it to balance. Then you do some further research, and find out that the CG instructions in version 1.0 forgot to mention that you also determine CG with the wings off. Much better.