yeah, the radio gear is in the very back of radio carpartment and the battery and switch is behind that in the back part of the fuse. guess i should get two A123 cells for my rx pack and that wold be more weight then 4 cells of the ni cads (double A sized)
I do not understand peoples worrys in adding some tail weight to get the CG right, on small electrics yes, but on a big 40 or 60 size plane thats the big deal with adding a few ounces to the tail.
if I could figure out a easy way to convert it to a tail dragger I would then get rid of that heavy nose wheel and all would help I would guess.
ORIGINAL: frugalme
Before you ADD WEIGHT to the tail (and make the plane heavier) you might try moving the radio equipment to the rear of the wing saddle/radio compartment. The battery pack is probably the heaviest thing in there and is easiest to move. I almost always build a battery compartment behind the wing trailing edge (with an access hatch on the bottom) and put the servos at the rear of the radio compartment. It's easy and even if you can't match the color of the covering exactly, it doesn't show.
I actually don't finalize the radio installation until late in the build after checking the balance with various equipment locations.
Terry in LP