rcken, i remember that saying now that you mention it.. i will have to agree with that, i had a friend who had a spad that was a little tail heavy, we strapped a weight to the motor mount but it was still tail heavy but he flew it anyway and if it werent for his flying experience that thing would have crashed hard, it kept dipping and diving doing strange things never really in control.. he was constantly correcting anything it ever did, he attributed it to it just being a lightweight spad and the engine being too big but i knew it wasnt balanced and that was why its flight pattern was so erratic..

bruce there were no instructions included with the plane as far as balancing goes or i would love to try your recommendation for moving the cg within the range.. maybe there are specs but there were none in the package.. if anyone has these specs or knows a good place to look, please let me know. thanks for the speedy responses, i love this forum!