I don't have any plans on moving the cg.Some on else said they were flying with a cg of 160.In order to get the 145 as per FE. it would have taken a lot of extra weight up front.I dont have anything in the nose.All the batteries are under the equipment tray.The bent front strut pin was my fault It landed to far down the runway and when the wings went horizontal I lost sight of it and it landed on the mains but hard on the front strut.I'm guessing at take off weight about23-24 lbs, take off on a airport runway in about 200 ft was no problem with a P-70.I only just flew it around nothingwild for the first flight but all in all it did fly ok.