hi all. quick question. when u balance the plane do you do it with a full tank and batteries ie. ready to take off? of empty tank and just the battery?


cheers all

Carl

Ready to fly without fuel. Right side up for high wing and upside down for low wing.

ahhh thats great. many thanks for that. now , wheres the fuel pump

What he said!!!! You want the plane balanced so without fuel because if it's not then the plane will be tail heavy when it's out of fuel, or ready to land. There is an old saying about planes, "A nose heavy plane flies poorly, a tail heavy plane flies once". When you balance without fuel you are a bit nose heavy when you start your flight, but not enough to really make much of a difference. But when the tank is empty the plane will be back in balance.

Ken

The exception being, of course, planes with pusher configuration, or any plane with the tank behind the CG. Then it's ballanced full. The idea is to put the plane in the most tail-heavy configuration it'll be achieve during flight. For a normal plane, that's tank empty. For a pusher, it's full! Err to the nose heavy side, like Ken said!

J