Tower Voyager balancing problem
 

Hi,

I just finished putting together my Tower Voyager last evening, put a 46fx on it. Built in according to plan but was very surprised when I balanced it. Everything was installed except the battery, my plan was to set the plane up on its balancing points and then balance it with battery placement. To my surprise, the plane would not balance until I put the battery on the stabilizer. So it looks like I'll be adding a bunch of weight. Does this seem reasonable?

RE: Tower Voyager balancing problem
 

Seems odd to me. I had to add weight to the front of mine. Also, my battery was in the front under the fuel tank (if memory serves). AND I had replaced half of the firewall which added even more weight to the front. I had an os 46LA on mine with a plastic spinner and a
master airscrew prop. Mine sure was tail heavy for some reason. Got a lot of great flights out of that plane till my friend cracked it up. Bummer... Sure took a pounding though :)

RE: Tower Voyager balancing problem
 

Of the two voyagers I had (still have one that is not together) they both balanced nose heavy.
I ended up putting the battery under the servos on the MKII and about two or three ounces of lead on tail.
Half the lead on one side and the rest on the otherside of the tail.
The other option is to build a hatch on the bottom side of the fuse behind the wing saddle and place the battery on it.
You will still have to add lead to the tail.
John

RE: Tower Voyager balancing problem
 

My Voyager was nose heavy (Thunder Tiger GP42) used about 2 oz.in the tail.

RE: Tower Voyager balancing problem
 

I had one of the older Voyagers and it balanced tail heavy, that was a few years ago. I just bought and built the MkII and it came out nose heavy. I'm not sure how much lead I'll have to put in it yet. I also used a 46FX on mine. I thought it was strange and that maybe I did something wrong but now I guess not.

The old Voyager was a good flyer which is why I decided to get another one.

Happy flying.

RE: Tower Voyager balancing problem
 

Well, the .46 FX is around 17 ounces and the .46 LA is around 13 ounces with muffler. Changing the weight clear out on the nose by a quarter of a pound will certainly affect the balance. Maybe the key is getting an idea of weight distribution before selecting the engine?

RE: Tower Voyager balancing problem
 

I also had to add some nose weight to mine, so later on I put an old 60 on it and it flew great without any extra weights, and man was that a fun plane to fool around with- until it literally fell to pieces after many many flights. but even with several ounces of weight in the tail, yours should fly fine. Its a pretty light plane.