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Originally posted by Mad Baron View PostIt is 95% ready just waiting on graphics from Callie and a few more things to do on it.. I checked the balance on it and I just need to add a little nose weight, got the radio system working. Just have to wait on the weather now its too cold and windy hereI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
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Never got a chance to fly it. The plane is too tail heavy. I hung 6oz on the prop and it just barely was level. I feel that it would need 6-7oz of nose weight and that will add a lot of stress on the landing gear and the wing struts. It hurts to look at your plane I always hate when I plow one into the ground.
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Mad Baron I know that seems like a lot of weight, but for this, and similar, airframes, it's not bad. A pound or more is normal for WWI birds at 1/4 scale. My 1/3 scale was flying with 7.5lbs of lead in the nose. Add what's needed and enjoy it. It's too nice a bird to be a hangar queen.
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I finally got my DVIII balanced and ready for the maiden flight. I took off the NGH engine and installed my Zenoah 26 engine. The Zenoah was 2lbs heaver than the NGH engine. I still had to add 30oz of weight to it, it took a quite of more nose weight than I thought it needed. Looking forward to the first flight!
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