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Old 12-31-2009 | 11:57 PM
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Default RE: Saratoga 40

I put a small wedge under the trailing edge of the landing gear, where it attaches to the fuselage, to move the wheels a little more ahead of the CG. That helps some. When I start to taxi out to the runway, I have the elevator on hi-rate to keep it from nosing over. I keep the elevator up until the plane is rolling good, then let off so that it doesn't try to go straight up. The plane flies great. I did a little spacing mod on the horizontal stab also,but haven't flown it since. I hope to try it out this coming Saturday! I'll let you know if the stab mod will allow the plane to fly without a lot of "up elevator".
Have a Happy New Year!!

PS- I'm running a Saito 82, and I had to put an ounce or so of weight on the tail~~it lands beautifully though.