What is the best way to laterly balance your plane. I have heard two ways to do it and was wondering wich way is more percised.

*put a screw in the center top of the firewall(not all the way in) and loop a string on the screw and Hold another string under the rudder fin.

OR

*loop a string around the crank shaft. Same with rudder above.

If you have another method you use. I would like to hear em.


Thanks.
Santi

The first one is better. The second gets screwed up by the right thrust of the engine.

I just support the crank shaft and tail wheel and then balance the plane.
Depending on the size, I would not support the plane by the rudder.

The prop shaft should be on the center line of the airplane with or without right thrust. The engine mount should always be off to the left side of the firewall to compensate for any right thrust. This puts the prop shaft at center.

If the engine has any type of thrust how can the prop shaft be on center with the airplane?

Use your brain!!!!


The engines BACKPLATE is offset to the left..

The backplate of the spinner should be on centreline!



but there is one thing that needs to be taken into account..


IT SHOULD be, but sometimes isn't.

JoeAirPort,
Take a look at any plane with obvious right engine thrust. Chances are that the center of the engine mount is off to the left side of the firewall. How far to the left depends on the amount of right thrust. When correctly set up, the front of the prop hub should be on the airplane's centerline.

Hey just having fun with you man, relax.

So im seeing that balancing from the shaft would be the ideal way?

Thanks
Santi