SmaragdZ CG

[Troy Newman]

Greg Frohriech's is forward....and it flies well there. Actually if you move the wing forward then you don't need weight in the tail to balance. The original has servos in the stabs. My model has about 2-3 ozs in the stab tube.

Greg is running a single elevator servo up front also and his model doesn't have the tail weight......

They fly about the same. His is 2 stroke so its tough to really tell....but flying wise I can't seem to find much of a difference. Its subtle....If I built another I think I would move the wing about 1/2" forward to help my CG situation anyway. Its a very good model. One of the best I have ever owned. I have about 3500+ flights on 2 Smaragds. Flying then now on the 4th year.

TN
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Harmon 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:55 AM
  Subject: RE: SmaragdZ CG


  One well known flyer didn't notice that the tube had been moved back in the wing and mounted the tube in the original

  location on the fuse. Of course that made the wing 1 inch too far forward but it didn't seem to affect the flying much if any.

   

  Regards

  Dave Harmon
  NSRCA 586
  K6XYZ[at]comcast[dot]net
  Torrance, Ca. 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Patternrules at aol.com
  Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:43 AM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: SmaragdZ CG

   

  In a message dated 3/25/2004 11:07:52 AM US Eastern Standard Time, troy_newman at msn.com writes:

    Checked my spread sheet..

     

    my CG 6.68" from LE of the wing

     

    TN

   Thanks Troy  Just didn't want him to get into trouble with a tail heavy plane.

   

   

  Steve Maxwell
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