Based on experiences of other flyers at my RC club and also based on some 20 planes I have owned, some are still with me, and some are not. Some are ARFs, some are from kits, and some are scratch built from plans. The Hobbicos that I and others have owned "all" were nose heavy! There may be planes from other man. that also tend to be nose heavy when built but I haven't seen any. If there are others I wouldn't mind hearing about them. [8D]