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Old 07-02-2007 | 10:06 PM
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Default RE: Yellow Aircraft F-16 CG HELP

Dblex,

I just thought of another thing. If you haven't flown one of these F-16's before you may not know how to line up the elevator correctly. The trailing edge of the elevator should line up exactly with the trailing edge of the air brakes if the plane was built correctly. When you hold the elevator in this position the leading edge should be about 1/8 of an inch from the bottom of the side of the empennage. There will be a faint scribe line right in front of the leading edge on the fuse at this point to ensure you've lines things up correctly.

But John Redman was right, Shaun Evans is the real expert (according to what everyone says in a millions posts here on RCU) so you may want to contact him if you need pointers.

Tim