The phantom seems to be the exception to cg problems and thats great to hear. As I have stated I have the starmax gripen and its cg is WAY off , like one inch. So thats why I was concerned about it. I have gotten a lot of china made planes and they all have had the cg off.
That article is good for all planes ,not just the phantom. I play around a lot with cg to get the performance I need so I guess it matters more to me than most. In these small planes, and edf at that, weight and cg really affect the planes performance. I jus want the best performance I can get.
But I guess that might be getting too detailed. If you fly around with a lot of up elevator that should tell you that the nose is heavy, simple.
Flying inverted always told me how the cg was... just another tool.
Can't wait till I get mine and buzz around,
How does it do in stalls?
Have you done an amp draw and thrust check ?
I will find all this out but I am bored waiting .
sanford