Lateral balance of profiles - your method for checking?
I have a question (about any profile): I have a Katana 40 profile and the directions say to pick up the plane by the prop and the fin/rudder tip to check for lateral balance. When I do this it balances right according to their test. But I set the thing on my bench and every time it drops the right wing (duh, engine is side mounted so this makes sense). This is balancing on the edge of the flat fuse. So the question is shouldn't it balance on the fuse and not on the prop/tail? The engine has right thrust so grabbing the prop tip is not the true center of the plane. Isn't the center of the fuse the balance point?