DP ULTIMATE balancing question
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From: Discovery Bay,
CA
I almost finished with a DP Ultimate and want to know how you guys are checking for cg. The book doesn't say top or bottom wing or to put the plane upside down or right side up. The Cermark Pitts,built by DP, was balanced upside down.Are you measuring from the cabanes or leading edge ?
Thanks in advance
Gary
Thanks in advance
Gary
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From: Pine Bluff, AR,
Under the top wing on the left and right of the cabane at the forward balance point in the manual the tail just started to drop so I left it alone. It flies very tame and stable which is how I like it. There is a 1-1.5" variable so if you want it hotter balance it back a little further. Can't remember the exact range but it's in the manual.
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From: Richmond Hill GA
I have been reading on the balance also still waiting for mine sice Feb when I ordered it at WRAM. The range that everyone is useing is between the cabanes. The front cabane keeps the plane stable and the farthest back I've read is the rear cabane. So anywhere in between seems to be the range most have gone with.




