Plane way nose heavy
04-29-2015, 02:49 PM
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Plane way nose heavy
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Last edited by Snowball1952; 04-29-2015 at 05:22 PM. Reason: MORE INFO FIX ERRORS
04-29-2015, 07:26 PM
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Can you move your receiver battery ALL the way back?, Mount the servos in the tail? and then use a really heavy tail wheel? I wouldn't be afraid to move the firewall back either...
04-30-2015, 07:04 AM
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Hi Snowball 1952
Try this for the CG and report your findings: Measure from the leading edge of the wing to the trailing edge of the ailerons. Divide that figure by 4. Take that result and measure back from the leading edge of the wing for the location of the CG.
Try this for the CG and report your findings: Measure from the leading edge of the wing to the trailing edge of the ailerons. Divide that figure by 4. Take that result and measure back from the leading edge of the wing for the location of the CG.
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05-01-2015, 07:43 AM
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I'm confused by the pictures.....can you clarify some things?
- It looks like you are using a vanessa?
- with the junk on the elevator stab it looks like you are balancing at the rearmost spot on the wing, right behind the cockpit?
if those are both true:
- that balance point seems very far back, too far back ( currently tail heavy not nose heavy ) ... where does it balance without the stuff on the elevator? I'd expect it someplace about the center spar on the wing.
- It looks like you are using a vanessa?
- with the junk on the elevator stab it looks like you are balancing at the rearmost spot on the wing, right behind the cockpit?
if those are both true:
- that balance point seems very far back, too far back ( currently tail heavy not nose heavy ) ... where does it balance without the stuff on the elevator? I'd expect it someplace about the center spar on the wing.
05-01-2015, 08:44 AM
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I'm confused by the pictures.....can you clarify some things?
- It looks like you are using a vanessa?
- with the junk on the elevator stab it looks like you are balancing at the rearmost spot on the wing, right behind the cockpit?
if those are both true:
- that balance point seems very far back, too far back ( currently tail heavy not nose heavy ) ... where does it balance without the stuff on the elevator? I'd expect it someplace about the center spar on the wing.
- It looks like you are using a vanessa?
- with the junk on the elevator stab it looks like you are balancing at the rearmost spot on the wing, right behind the cockpit?
if those are both true:
- that balance point seems very far back, too far back ( currently tail heavy not nose heavy ) ... where does it balance without the stuff on the elevator? I'd expect it someplace about the center spar on the wing.
