Well...at the risk of changing the topic...did I mention I'm new? This is my third plane after starting last year. Being the engineering type I've more or less followed a lot of what I've read to the letter...that is until I learn what I can get away with.

I started out not wanting to change a thing anywhere. But already I've modified my trainer heavily (dihedral gone, changed to tail-dragger, added 7/8" to width of rudder, and some other things). So I'm learning. I've noticed on RealFlight that moving the C/G a couple of inches can be disasterous. But that's a sim and a couple of ounces probably won't come close to changing the characteristics that much.

I'm still playing around with things like C/G, control throws, etc. Interesting point...I'll mull it around and keep it in mind.