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Old 02-26-2010 | 08:28 PM
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Ok i bought a velox off of ebay a few months ago... now i have it finshed and in the instructions there is no info on where the CGis. Is there some kind of formula that will help me find this
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Old 02-26-2010 | 08:55 PM
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Generally on a normal plane the CG is close to the wingspar..but I dont know what a velox is...Rog
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as long as your are within a 1/4 inch from the main spar, you should be ok... this is a starting point anyway. If you plan to do 3d, rearward is better, for traditional flight, at the spar or a little in front will do fine.
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Old 02-26-2010 | 11:55 PM
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bbrown2828,

You can determine a safe CG exactly with this on-line calculator:

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

Also, check this recent thread and links:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_95...tm.htm#9527315

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