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Old 03-27-2003 | 08:52 PM
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Default U-Can-Do CG

Does any one have any pictures of the hatches they've cut to move their battery back? I'm looking for ideas. I started flying my UCD with a 5.75" CG. But that was without cowl and with a wooden zinger prop. I have since added the cowl and an APC prop and the CG has moved forward about 1/4". I definately do not want it at 5.5". I was planning on getting it back to 6 or maybe 6.25". I refuse to add more weight and so I'm relagated to moving the battery back. I'm looking for a nice clean way to do this without hacking up the plane. I don't believe it will need to go all of the way back to the rear servos. Maybe a little more than half way back. I'll check before I do anything drastic, but I'd just like to see what you guys have done.

I flew mine with the APC for the first time today. I picked up about 300 rpm over the zinger, but with the added weight on the nose it didn't fly any better like I had hoped. I need to get that weight back.