knowcrash,
My wheels will be 4 inches behind the CG if the CG is @ 10 inches. The CG @ 11 inches the wheels will be 3 inches behind the CG. The plates are 3 inches wide so the plates start about 2.5 (10") - 1.5 (11") inches behind the CG. The wheels with the retracts are about 2 inches further forward than where they would have been if the fixed gear had been used.
ORIGINAL: knowcrash
i3dm,
that is a jetjoe 1200. i'm still testing everything and haven't flown it yet. the retracts are century jet air retracts. i saw one of the earlier posts where someone made the lg plates and glued them to the ribs. i did this with mine except i mounted them closer to the cg. i flew my first bobcat with a rossi .81 ducted fan engine so i could graduate to the turbine setup. i flew the rossi powered one probably 100 times or more. it taught me alot about the flying characteristics of this model. i found that it certainly takes off and lands a lot easier with landing gear moved forward. also the cg is at least 10.5 and i might try 11.0 with the turbine.