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Old 08-06-2009 | 10:42 PM
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jim.thornton
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Default I think I'm tail heavy...

I have attached three pics. I think I'm tail heavy and was looking to get some opinions. A friend built this plane and I had to fix up some stuff. I took it to the field tonight and realized that I forgot to check the CoG. I picked it up and put my fingers about 12 inches each side of the fuselage and on the support beam that goes across the wing (I forget the proper name for it). Anyway, it seems to hang down at the back (tank empty).

I through a bar of lead weights on the front where the engine is (pic shown) and it seemed to level out a bit.

Can someone please give me their opinion?
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