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Old 06-09-2003 | 12:59 PM
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Default Model Tech Giles G202 balance

I have flown this airplane (arf) 2 times. I stuffed it the second time. ( lost 1 elevator due to electrical connection seperating) I broke the nose off. I since reattached the nose. Epoxed the joints and attempted to rebalance. To my surprise it was "tail" heavy! I even replaced the 600 M/A battery with a 2000 M/A mounted just behing the fuel tank. The servos are mounted externally for competition. As per the directions. I have a Saito 100 in the nose. Don't know the weight of the whole aircraft. I had to add "12" ( thats right 12 ) ounces of weight to the nose to get it into range. I have never had to add that much before. It seemed to fly a little nose heavy inverted so I removed about 1 oz. That is when the second and fatal flight happened. It says to balance between 4.75" & 5.25" back from the inbd leading edge of the wing. I just can't see that much weight in the nose but its true. I just wondered if anybody else experienced this?