Hey Ed,
I maidened the Stearman today and 3 more flights after that. It only needed a little down trim.I didn't use the string method for the cg.I was a little nose heavy with 8oz of lead.That was fine for the first few flights.I took out 4 1/2 oz and the cg is right on. I hope I can take all of it out after awhile. I'm flying again tomorrow.This is going to be a fun plane.