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Old 12-18-2007 | 07:46 PM
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Default RE: 1st.60 size airplane . help

Oh, about the tailheavy bit..............

I've been moving stuff aft to try and make it snaproll. I'm going to have to put a kitchen sink in the rear next.

A buddy has been watching my TigerII and Tiger60 fly for a year or so. He brought out his latest the other day. A Tiger120 he said he got because he knew it would fly great. He had about a pound of different kinds of weights in the tank compartment to keep the CG up front. He wound up pulling a piece every flight. It flew every flight just like the previous. The only thing that changed was how effective the elevator was. The CG the last flight was somewhere way back from the spar. It flew great. We had quit checking the balance after pulling each piece and just flew the sucker to see what it did..... we were tired of picking it up with our fingertips and figured that just made us nervous. The CG was DEFINITELY behind the recommended location. Figured we didn't need to know, and figured the airplane didn't seem to care. And it turned out to be that way.

They are really good dependable flyers.