balancing my scratch built?
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I need some ideas about balancing my plane built out of foam poster board (see pic) . Should I keep the nose heavy? Do I balance at the main spar in the wing? I really hope this thing flies. I figured it will be a good plane to learn on and I wont be too upset when I crash it. By the way, it is VERY strong and light and only cost me $35 to build the plane.
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I made mine from probably the same stuff.
I flew mine today. I just have to add some down thrust and make it less sensative. It is a fun fly type airplane that I specially engineered for me.
If that plane balances well on the spar and has a good amount of thrust deflection if will fly.
My friend has horible looking aircraft that were crashed repeatedly. He used a twig for the leading edge of one and he said it flew great. It also had a new front end that was looked like a box. The point is that if you saw some of them you would have no doubt that your plane will fly.
I flew mine today. I just have to add some down thrust and make it less sensative. It is a fun fly type airplane that I specially engineered for me.
If that plane balances well on the spar and has a good amount of thrust deflection if will fly.
My friend has horible looking aircraft that were crashed repeatedly. He used a twig for the leading edge of one and he said it flew great. It also had a new front end that was looked like a box. The point is that if you saw some of them you would have no doubt that your plane will fly.
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General rule of thumb - CG = 25% - 35% of the wing chord from leading edge.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/hobby/pmdesign.htm
<Edit> Remember though, this only applies to straight wings, with a constant chord width. Do not use this "rule" for tapered wings, swept wings, wings with washout, etc...
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/hobby/pmdesign.htm
<Edit> Remember though, this only applies to straight wings, with a constant chord width. Do not use this "rule" for tapered wings, swept wings, wings with washout, etc...
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Thanks everyone. I will try those ideas today and I will let you know how it flies, when I get some decent weather to fly in. Snowing here today.