I understand and agree most fudge on the weight, but not pounds. When you have to add nose weight, choosing the lightest motor will not help. I placed the tank over the C.G and moved the receiver, and a 1600 nmh pack as close to the firewall as I can get it. Everything else is standard all the servos are in the cutouts provided. I could move the elevator and rudder servos to the fuse, but I like the positive set up of short rods. That was one appeal to this ARF. I know lots of people have to add nose weight to balance, but I think mine is one of the heaviest I have heard of. I also noticed by reading RCUniverse that there is a wide variety of weight added (comparing the OS. 160 posts). This tells me they are inconsistent with their wood selection. This will also mean they are inconsistent with their quality. I have scratch built enough to know how much weight can be saved and lost on wood selection. I think I got bad wood selection on this ARF. Bad wood selection along with an already heavy tail made me add even more weight to the nose and now I have a lead sled. If the quality is that inconsistent, then one person can say they are great and another person can say they are junk, and you know they are both right.


If I would read these before I submitted them, I would not have to edit.