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Old 11-02-2008 | 10:32 AM
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kargo
 
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Default Balancing a Taildragger

Hey Gang, a question on how to balance my HOB Decathlon. Its a 2lb .10 sized electric conversion. I've got a build thread SLOWWWLY being completed here;

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_77...tm.htm#7705600

I was instructed to use a screw eye at the CG point and lift the plane with thread tied to the screw eye. Aside from the hole in the wing sheeting this seems to be a pretty fool proof method. The airplane gets laterally balanced too. At any rate my question is this; What attitude should the airplane be in when its balanced? Wings level is pretty obvious, but what about pitch? Should the top of the fuselage be parallel to the ground? The bottom? The pictures I've included are at home without nose weight (we added an ounce at the field).

Thanks for any input!
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