Nose Weight

[Steve Wiggin]

Bob,
 Yes that would be great if it's not too much trouble. 
The instructions call for 9 3/8" from leading edge at root.
-Thanks, Steve

---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Richards" <bob at toprudder.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: Nose Weight


> 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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