[SPAM] Re: Nose Weight

Bill Glaze billglaze at triad.rr.com
Wed Mar 16 06:25:35 AKST 2005


Bob:
You will, of course, be flying the Finesse at Myrtle Beach,  Correct?  
:-)   Bill Glaze

Bob Richards wrote:

>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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