Nose Weight

Bob Richards bob at toprudder.com
Tue Mar 15 17:45:08 AKST 2005


Steve,

If it will help, I can check the CG location on my
Finesse. I have not flown it in years, but it is still
ready to go.

Bob R.

--- Steve Wiggin <swiggin682 at cox.net> wrote:
> Dean,
>  You are a funny guy! Thanks for your advice. I
> realize that the spinner 
> weight is just not a viable option. My fuel tank is
> forward of the CG and I 
> have placed my battery in front of the tank at the
> bulkhead. I am using the 
> DB soft mount on a TT 120 2 stroke and am not using
> a nose ring. there is a 
> ply former that is just behind the nose of the fuse
> and I found that I can 
> just fit a bar of the stick on weight in there. I
> hate to add weight to any 
> plane, but it needs to be done. I have about 38" of
> DB fiberglass rod from 
> servo to elevators. This is for static balance. I
> have always had to move CG 
> aft after flight testing and I wonder how accurate
> the published Finesse CG 
> is. It's my hope that after flight testing, much of
> this weight (about 3 oz) 
> could be removed. Thanks again.
> BTW, when responding to a post with Outlook Express,
> do you cut and paste 
> the original post? If I use the reply Icon, my
> message is only sent to the 
> one recipient.
> 
>
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