My dad gave me this FW-190 arf that he picked up at a swap meet. It's a .60 size about 50-60" wings with retract. It is wood framed with a very dense foam shell over the entire plane. Looks great just wondering who made it so I can get some CG info.

Sounds like one by Great Planes.

Lion Models or Great Planes. If the green on the plastic edge trim parts is dark, it's probably G/P, if its a light green color, it's most likely a Lion.

many years ago there was another manufactuer who made arfs like the the fw 190 he's talking about. i cannot remember their name but they made different warbirds and sport planes. but they were very expensive. then along comes lion models who made excat copies of these same planes but less inexpensive. they were made of "o.h.s foam styrene covering. one of my flying buddies had one these about a year ago. it was the lion models fw 190 and it had been around quite a while and had several owners. he crashed it beyond repair and and junked it. years ago another buddy i know had the p-51 made by the company i cannot remember. it was not lion or great planes.,...........darn!!....i wish could remember their name!!!. they use to sell a optional ordinance package for the p-51. i remember seeing it advertised in the magizines all the time.

You actually have a quicker way to find a good CG for that airplane. All it takes is a yardstick. Look over the application that's linked below. Do the measurements it wants and plug them in. If you use 15% for your desired CG, it'll tell you where that winds up on your model.

http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/cg_super_calc.htm

BTW, all you need to measure are the RootChord, TipChord and halfspan of the wing and horizontal tail. Then the sweep of each and the distance from LE of the wing to LE of the horizontal stab. Then plug in 15% for the static margin and hit "refresh" or somesuch.

Easy to do. And it's given better "advice" than was printed in a couple of my recent ARF's manuals.

It mite be a indy plane..

The company name was probably E-Z distributed by mrc or altech, very pricey and very heavy by todays standards.

back in the day, I wanted one of their snap 21's - arfs in their infancy. Indy, Lions and and royal made arfs like this.

Ted

BINGO!!!!YOUR RIGHT,.. THAT'S THEM!!... I CAN'T BELIEVE I COULD NOT REMEMBER THEM !!! YES,..HEAVY AND PRICEY. I REMEMBER NOW THAT MY BUDDY THAT HAD THE P-51. IT WAS A DOG WITH A .46. HE HAD TO PUT A .60 ON IT TO GET IT TO FLY DECENT.

I'll place my money on the EZ... Balance, if the plane has been flown, why not try it with the setup as is, or add a bit of weight to the nose for insurance? With the wing plan of the 190 I would balance at about 20% at the chord next to fuse for starters. Or check any other 190 model build manual and see what % of chord they use.

Thanks for all the info. Enjoy the holiday season.

Jason Berman