Slick,

Understood. Usually, when talking about balancing, most people seem to be referring to the pivot point. I'm sure if you polled the average RC guy on here and asked, "What's mass-balancing a stab?", they'd probably answer "On the pivot." If you read the volumes of 'discussion' on this topic on RCU over the years, you'll understand how I arrived at that assumption. However, I stand corrected, thanks.

One thing, though; I doubt very seriously that many of the ARF manufacturers have taken a moment's consideration of the types of design variables you're talking about. I doubt very highly that there's an aeronautical engineer giving input on stab airfoil vs balance point vs pivot point, etc.