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Proudbird nose heavy!

Old 07-31-2013, 07:40 AM
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Hi!
My Proudbird and serveral of my friends came out nose heavy. The addvised C of G does not seem to be correct!?
Any one having the same troubble?
Old 07-31-2013, 01:32 PM
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Default RE: Proudbird nose heavy!

Right out of the box set CG at recommendation and it flew very well. I think I had one click of elevator and one for aileron.

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Old 07-31-2013, 07:03 PM
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I agree with JSTAFF. My flew perfectly with the suggested CG. Unfortunately, I didn't[:@]
Old 08-11-2013, 07:25 AM
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Hi!
I moved my 2650mAh battery 30mm further back (had to reposition the aileron servo further back to clear the battery) and the plane flew much smoother!
The Proudbirds I have heard of have all been nose heavy.
Now the Cof G on my plane lies 5-10mm behind the rear most edge of the landing gear plate in the wing.
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Old 09-13-2014, 12:15 PM
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Jan,

Did you paint or cover your Proud Bird?

Kurt

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