yeah don, snow...can you believe that? right now, it's wicked nice out and tomorrow, they're saying snow. 6 to 10 inches is the last estimate. it's rediculous. i knew i shouldn't have taken the floats off the duraplane...darn it all. haha.. anyway, i did throw the explorer on the C.G. machine this morning before i left for work. it is a bit tail heavy. probably like you said, 4 ounces or so. i'll stick the battery under the fuel tank and put the rx up there somewhere as close as i can. i might throw a 2 ounce spinner weight on there. i had one on my other plane and it seemed to work ok. you think it might be too much for the engine? it's a cheapo tower 46 2 stroke. i might pass on that anyway, might be able to balance it without it. i know it would be better not to put it on there. oh yeah, that covering is awful. actually, the wing looks pretty good compared to the fuse. bubbles everywhere. i tried to take out a bubble with the heat gun right on one of the black windows and it shriveled right up on me. so now that looks like crap but it's under the wing so it's not too noticeable. i found that while heating the covering, when the bubbles start to grow.....i pop them and press the air out and it goes right down. this method is a little warm on the fingers but it comes out good. i'll have to try wearing a glove or something when i start doing alot of them. so yeah, she's getting there. but tail heavy for sure on this one. sitting here looking at it, i notice the distance between the te of the wing and the le of the stab is very long. maybe why it's tail heavy. dont know. i'll get it though......she'll be fine. the book calls for 1/4 inch deflection on the ailerons. i have way more than that but only in the up direction. actually down is more thaqn 1/4 as well but up is more like 3/4. is this normal? i'm sure it'll be ok. it's just a trainer. i really like the size of the control surfaces...they're big compared to some i've seen....except the rudder looks a bit small. the rudder on my cap is huge and man, it really moves the plane when you give it some.

well, good luck with flying if you go. and hopefully you wont have more repairs. i hate it when that happens. i just fixed the bottom of my warrior 60. our field is very rough from the frost coming out of the ground and when i came in to land last weekend, one of those damn bumps jump up and ripped my main gear completely off...haha. oh man. .but it was a really clean break and an easy fix. seems like there was very little glue in that area. very common for a cheap e-bay arf. i got it all back together with epoxy this time and shouldnt have any more concerns with that area. i used better and thicker material as well.

well don, be safe and happy flying. send some pics when you can. here's a pic of the warrior. this thing is fun to fly. and big...so it's easy to see for these old eyes..lol