RE: Adding weight to Nose Heavy Tower
 

I hear what you're saying, but to optimize the use of the .46, you want to add the least amount of weight possible. If the plane is really that nose heavy, you should try moving some stuff around, and when you're done moving stuff, add weight to make up the difference. The engine will have power to pull extra weight, but added dead weight to a plane will really slow down the responsiveness; it will roll slower, pitch slower, yaw slower, etc. So you will be slowing down the responsive time and increasing the speed and power, which means you will have much less control. Try moving stuff around, it will be worth it!;)

RE: Adding weight to Nose Heavy Tower
 

Mount the battery pack back further.
If the wires arn't long enough, use the servo extension.
If you don't have and extra once, splice and soilder.
or re locate the RX.

It's a simple fix to make a hatch
if you have the tools already..iron, scrap wood, scrap covering.

If you decide to just add weight to the rear and place it on the stab, becareful when you cut the film.
If you score the wood slightly , it 'll weaken the wood plenty.

Me..If i had to add weight to the tail...I would just take a drimel to the reaest bay of the fuselage
and expoy the wieght on the inside. Then just cover it back .

But I'd probably move the servos back first if i had to.:)

Then I'd probably add those light weight non aluminum landing gears and make it a tail drager first..just to keep the .46 TH on it.
Becuase I would probably slap a 12oz tank in it too:)

You can always get bigger piaon wires...but nah.

RE: Adding weight to Nose Heavy Tower
 

You probably don't own this plane. Good suggestion to epoxy the weights at the rear bay of the Tower Trainer, but the fuselage is laser cut light ply with many lightening holes cut along the sides. If Tower Hobbies just kept the sides as solid balsa, we probably wouldn't have to add the additional weight at the tail. Had place sick on weights at the tail too with a Supertigre GS-40 installed up front.

Had an Hobbico Avistar ARF, it balanced right out of the box.

Jim

RE: Adding weight to Nose Heavy Tower
 

Kat,

I know what you mean, but those weights are already in place and epoxied. I'll see how it works out. If it's too sluggish (I incresed the throws), I'll remove them and do what has been suggested. Thanks!

RE: Adding weight to Nose Heavy Tower
 

Adding a little more weight[better engine,more power]plus a little weight in the tail[might not even be nessessary what with the of shifting componts possiblity]simply puts the plane in a little higher class weight wise making it a little easier to handle, not being so underpowered and more pleasent to fly. If it takes a llittle more finess to fly it so be it.
The average person will not know the difference and will adapt without knowing it. I don't believe the little bit of difference in landing performance will be that signifient and it would make it a heck of a lot better on takeoff's which incidently would relieve a lot of stress on the airframe and landing gear.I just hate to fly a plane that can hardly get off the ground and then mushes around the sky like the first wrong move will cause it to stall. A small amount of extra power can mske a big difference even to a student who is usually starting from scrstch anyway.

RE: Adding weight to Nose Heavy Tower
 

Didn't realize you already did that. Good luck, hope it works out!

RE: Adding weight to Nose Heavy Tower
 

I flew with the .46 today. Quite windy- 10-15 with 25pmh gusts. Anyway, didn't have any problems with the plane. Flew as well as it did before, if not better. I increased my eleavator throw, which made loops much more enjoyable. However, I dead-sticked going verticle and had to bring her down. Pre-flight when I raised the plane verticle, it did not die. But it did on my 2nd pre-flight. What's the problem?