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Old 11-24-2003 | 11:16 AM
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I flew the TopCap that was given to me from WOW-OOPS Saturday. What a blast!!! Anyway, it was really tail heavy - it climbed pretty good inverted and it ballooned really bad on landing. It was pretty hard to set down, but it flew slow really nice. Also, it was quite the tumbler. I think with a little more elev. throw I will be able to waterfall all day long. Anyway, I think I should move the engine forward a bit, but I don't want to shoot this nice tumbling ability down the crapper. WOW-OOPS says keep the CG where it is, he liked seeing it flop all over the sky. What do you think? Thanks!

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Old 11-24-2003 | 11:39 AM
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Where is your CG right now?? I liked 5" back, and mine flew about like you say..
Old 11-24-2003 | 01:09 PM
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I'm at about 5 1/2", but that may be relative because the fuse has a large scab on it where the guy before WOW-OOPS had a repair. I still have to weigh it. With the repairs, I bet I am getting close to 5 LBS. Oh, it was originally built from a kit.

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Did you like flying it the tail heavy way or did you change it?
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That's how I flew it...

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