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Old 03-25-2007 | 03:15 PM
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The cg is at 5 7/8" in. from leading edge. But where is this measured at? There is a short staight run on th LE at the fuse and then the LE tapers off. Is the measurement taken here or some where eles along the wing. The manual isn't that great for this.

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Most are measured back along the fuse from the leading edge. If you go out from the fuse ( both sides ) about an inch and measure back from the leading edge you should have it. You might want to put some kind of mark at that point, a small piece of tape works great. Hope this helps. ENJOY !!! RED
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The P6-E is a biplane so I don't think finding the CG is quite that easy. There's a large thread on this plane in the Warbird section I belive. They should be able to answer your questions there. Do a search for P6-E. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.a...831&key=P6%2DE
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The P6-E is a biplane so I don't think finding the CG is quite that easy. There's a large thread on this plane in the Warbird section I belive. They should be able to answer your questions there. Do a search for P6-E. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.a...831&key=P6%2DE
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Exactly. I have read most of the pages and found only wieght values added for specific setups. Never saw a setup or location that was used. It is a bit of a challenge due to it's size. I have used the Vanessa setup for balancing my other planes last year. I have gotten a GP balancer this year, and getting the fleet ready for the new season, I found that every plane was greatly nose heavy. So I would like to see if there's a promising way and definite location before I send this beauty up.

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