RE: Austars 97
Hi Guys
All thats left is to balance it.
I have devised a way to balance big planes easily and on your own, using strong twine and a piece of ply, this depends on how many wing joiners there are.
Won't work for everything but works well with these types of setups.
Hard to explain, see pics.
1. One wing joiner if the CG is on the joiner.... Have the plane setup on the ground with a gap between the wing and the fus, loop the twine around the joiner both sides , stand over the plane, take up the slack and lift, see how it lays and make your adjustments to get the CG correct by adding lead or moving stuff around.
2. Two joiners or 1 joiner and incidence pin, CG not on the joiner...Have a ply plate about 1" wide long enough to go under each joiner/s/incidence pin, tie the twine to the ply and put the ply plate (on its edge) under each joiner/s/incidence pin and as above take up the slack and lift, your lifting the plane with the ply plate under the joiner/s/incidence pin, you may have to move the twine/ply plate to get the twine on the CG as this is the pivot point.(the correct CG location) Adjust as necessary to get the CG correct.
3. If the plane is too heavy, and it will be after you do this a few times, put it on a table, or leave it on the ground just use longer twine, and tie it to the roof, using the twine /ply method above, so its just off the table/ground, it will seesaw until you make your adjustments to get it spot on. As you only need it about 2/3 inches in the air, it can't fall and break and you only have to lift it once so you can take your time doing it right.
Cheers Paul