It balances very close without any added nose weight. I was going to put about 4 oz of lead in the cowl for the maiden just to be sure. I tried keeping all the weight as far forward as possible. Mixing the rudder with the aileron may make the roll to be off axis. I hope it to be well behaved. If it makes me look good on the landings I will very happy with it. Now that all the work is done I am pleased with the results. It does look good. I still have to make some livery decals. I hope to find a high resolution graphic of the old DeHavilland circular logo. I also need a simple logo like "Alaska Air Tours" to run down the side of the fuselage. The stock paint job is pretty snazzy as is.