Borescope?
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Borescope?
I'm working on this plane: https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?I=LXETVD&P=ML
I've been having some difficulties balancing it. Sometimes the model balances on the CG and sometimes it doesn't. I suspect that the manufacture may have left something in the tail. I don't currently own a borescope. And I've never used one. That is why I'm asking what borescope should I buy? Do any of you own one? If so what did you buy and how well did it work for you?
I've been having some difficulties balancing it. Sometimes the model balances on the CG and sometimes it doesn't. I suspect that the manufacture may have left something in the tail. I don't currently own a borescope. And I've never used one. That is why I'm asking what borescope should I buy? Do any of you own one? If so what did you buy and how well did it work for you?
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Gregory;
I don’t mean to insult you with these questions. Are you balancing the airplane inverted? If not, do you understand that if you are balancing up right, the tail needs to be off of the ground. The wing chord needs to be parallel to the ground, then balance. You are probably balancing a couple different ways and that is the reason for the inconsistency.
I don’t mean to insult you with these questions. Are you balancing the airplane inverted? If not, do you understand that if you are balancing up right, the tail needs to be off of the ground. The wing chord needs to be parallel to the ground, then balance. You are probably balancing a couple different ways and that is the reason for the inconsistency.
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Gregory;
I don’t mean to insult you with these questions. Are you balancing the airplane inverted? If not, do you understand that if you are balancing up right, the tail needs to be off of the ground. The wing chord needs to be parallel to the ground, then balance. You are probably balancing a couple different ways and that is the reason for the inconsistency.
I don’t mean to insult you with these questions. Are you balancing the airplane inverted? If not, do you understand that if you are balancing up right, the tail needs to be off of the ground. The wing chord needs to be parallel to the ground, then balance. You are probably balancing a couple different ways and that is the reason for the inconsistency.
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Take your plane to a local mechanic and ask him to use his borescope in the plane to see if there is something loose in there. The borescope is used to look into engine cylinders etc. for problems . A mechanic would probably get a kick out of using his for something like this. Red
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Just a thought. If there is something in there moving around, you may have to cut a hole anyway to deal with it. You could just pick a place where it is easy to patch and go for it.
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Forgive me but if you simply shake the fuselage (forget the balancer) can you feel anything move or hear any noise? Another point is if you think the CG is changing Then how much does it change?
I enjoyed my Sig STA for many years but do remember balancing inverted was a bit tricky simply because the landing wires and the fuselage jury struts were always right where ya always wanted the balance pins and that combined with the curvature of the airfoil right there made subtle shifting of the points always a pain for accuracy. In the end It was easy to resort to good old fingertips.
John
I enjoyed my Sig STA for many years but do remember balancing inverted was a bit tricky simply because the landing wires and the fuselage jury struts were always right where ya always wanted the balance pins and that combined with the curvature of the airfoil right there made subtle shifting of the points always a pain for accuracy. In the end It was easy to resort to good old fingertips.
John