12 foot telemaster
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From: Glen Robertson, ON, CANADA
I have just transformed my 12 foot Telemaster from a taildragger to a Tricycle gear. Since I had purchased the airplane from someone, I don't know the exact location of the CG.
Would anyone know where the proper CG. should be.
right now its between its about 30%
Thanks for any help
Roger
Would anyone know where the proper CG. should be.
right now its between its about 30%
Thanks for any help
Roger
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From: Pensacola, FL
My first airplane was a telemaster 40. I think all the different scales of this airplane are proportional and hence I think the proper cg locations should be about the same. I no longer own my telemaster or the plans but I'm sure if you start with a cg at the max height of the airfoil section, you will be in the ballpark. If yours is like mine was, the horizontal stab is also flat bottom airfoiled. Of course this is going to provide a bit of lift in level attitudes at the tail. Expect you could work the cg back even further and gain more manueverability. But this plane isn't about aerobatics, its all about stability!
Good luck.
Good luck.
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From: St. Charles, MO
I have the Senior Telemaster. Its recommended starting CG is at 40 percent. Your trike Telemaster is going to have the main wheels pretty far aft. Other than why not do it is there any reason for going from a tail dragger to main wheels. I know it will make takeoffs in a cross wind better but I am not sure it is worth the weight increase (of course this is a brick hauler). I just installed a Astro 90 and 36 cells in mine. It should be interesting. It does give me an airplane for the !MAA type of events without the mess of gas.



