tonywayne

Here are some pics of what iv done to take some weight off. The lighting holes in the fuselage will be hidden by the cowl and canopy. I also cute about an inch off the back of the cowl and most off the bottom. So fare I have removed about 6 oz of fiberglass. The wheel pants will not be used for my next flight as they weigh 3oz a piece. I’m also doing away with the flaps, fixing them rigged and covering the gaps with monocote. This will cut a few oz and covering the ½” gaps will help the wing fly a little better. One mod that I never mentioned is the elevator pushrod was not very stable so I had to add supports to guide it without flopping around in the fuselage, I just glued 2 pop cycle sticks verticality on each side of the pushrod on the middle bulkhead in the tail. I also ca’d the metal wires in the pushrod tube before I tightened the set screw and used quick connectors on my servo arms. I had one set screw on the pushrod tube strip out and I didn’t trust them. I don’t know why my plane came out so heavy 10 ½ lbs. My CG was at 5”. I think I have lost enough weight in the nose to remove the lead in the tail and move the CG up to 4.5” or maybe more. I have removed at least pound Like I said it was extremely tail heavy at 5”. Hopefully she will be a lot more pleasant to fly on my second attempt.