Asking Mike McConville
 

Just a few questions Mike, where does all your hanagr 9 planes balance at? With the GT-80 installed, Where does the CAP 232, Extra 330L and Sukhoi Su-31 balance at? Did you add weight to get them to balance? Enquiring minds want to know!!!! I have all 3 and none of them balanced like stated in the ads or instructions, all needed some weight. All of them have the recommended engine Zenoah GT-80, all built according to the instructions. Come on Mike, where did yours balance without no weight? Did you add weight to balance them?

From a previous post:

Received today from Mike McConville

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I'm hopeful that almost everyone that is an Aerobatic fan is a Sukhoi fan,
just waiting for a truly refined model to become available. This ARF model
is approx 1/3 scale, 97" span, 1810 square inches. 80cc engine. It comes our
a little lighter than our H9 33% Cap. Approx 24.8 lbs w/ a GT-80 and 23.5 w/
a ZDZ 80 (Single). It took about a pound of lead in the nose when I put in
the ZDZ. Takes no ballast w/ the Zenoah 80. Quality is excellent, and is on
par with, and maybe a little better than the Cap.

Also from a previous post:

with the GT-80, why did it need so much lead in the nose? I thought this plane was supposed to balance OK using the GT-80, supposedly Mike McConville's did with the batteries behind the wing tube.