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Old 05-06-2003 | 11:52 AM
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vinnie
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Default Balancing the plane

Balance the plane with an empty tank. Filling the tank will make the plane marginally noseheavy assuming the tank is forward of the CG. As the tank empties during flight the CG moves rearward slightly and the plane becomes more sensitive...but not much. Many Pattern and 3D planes have the tank mounted right on the CG thus rendering fuel quantity irrelevant.