I was given a modeltech magic (crash victim). I have finished repairs and need to know where the cg is. also I glued the firewall back in place (it broke clean and went right back) will I have a problem with thrust any other info I may need please help

Hi Starpoint,

I'm Flying mine a 5.25" back from the leading edge. But the range is relatively large so you can play with it to get the feel you like. Thrust on mine is 1.5 deg. right 0deg down. some like a little down thrust in the magic. I played with mine till I got almost hands off hovering, very small corrections it keep it in one spot.
Others may reply with different numbers. read all of them, you might fine them interesting. Depending on what you want the airplane to do well, a different setup is needed. EXT. The way mine is setup it dosn't flat spin like others can. For every different setup, theres one of more trade-offs. I have a ton of fun with mine. I hope you will too.

First flight on mine today. The book says 115mm from the LE. I set mine up there. OS 40LA mounted at 90 degrees, APC 10-6, Slimline Pitts muffler, Sullivan 8oz. Flex tank, JR 1100ma battery, Futaba 7 channel Rx and S3001 servo's all around. The fish scale puts it on the light side of 4 pounds. (bouncing numbers, windy today) I didn't experiment with any equipment swapping today, just getting the feel for it. At 115mm it is very stable. I'll start moving it back after I get the "right" prop on it. I love doing figure 8's at 10 feet AGL with 4 clicks of throttle! Slow can be a ton of fun!

3001 servos... Man you've got way too much money