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go29kev · 09-18-2008, 08:01 PM

As far as balanceing your plane here is something you might want to look at i posted it on a previous post and have gotten a ton of emails saying how simple and easy it was and how correct it was.
I have a G-62 all hitec servos, smoke system and two batt. and no extra weight was added at all.

the guy who tought me how to fly many years ago had the most simplest way to balance any plane to big to use a CG stand with and he used this methed on all of his planes. and that was to use the simple string methed. by placing the string in the center of the plane left to right and at the right cg location front to back u can get the all over balance including side-to-side and front-to-back all at once. i have used this methed on all my planes 90 sized and up. even on my 27% & 30% extras and also on my 1/3 scale f4u corsair. and all have test flew with very little trim changes. what a lot of people forget about is left and right balance is also important to a great flying plane.

the way i look at it if i can get the balance right with out burning up all my brain cells by all the math calculations ( because that was done by all the partying in collage )
then i am all for it.
i mark the cg on the correct points on the inside of the body and with a piece of alum. i make a bracket that has a eyelet in it, i mark the center of the piece of alum and the center of the body(side to side) and line the marks up keeping the eyelet centered on the cg mark and in the center of the plane. and useing a good qualty string i hang it from the work shop rafter keeping the table under the plane just as a safty measure. on the top end of the string i have a d-clip for easy hooking and unhooking. i have done this with planes weighing up to 25#'s (the heavest one i have so far is 25#'s)

here is some pics to try to help show ya how its done. and if you want to get it perfict then after you get it level left to right then you can sit the hatch on the plane just to the side of were it goes but in the correct position front to back so that you can get the effect of the hatch if any. but this is a very simple way to balance your planes that are to big or to heavy for the standard cg balancer and unlike them you can get the left to right at the same time. hope this helps you understand and you find it as simple and easy as i do.

09-18-2008, 08:01 PM	#13
go29kev Uber Contributer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: johnson city tn. Age: 35 Posts: 174	Re: Hanger 9 Extra 260 with Saito 220 on it? As far as balanceing your plane here is something you might want to look at i posted it on a previous post and have gotten a ton of emails saying how simple and easy it was and how correct it was. I have a G-62 all hitec servos, smoke system and two batt. and no extra weight was added at all. the guy who tought me how to fly many years ago had the most simplest way to balance any plane to big to use a CG stand with and he used this methed on all of his planes. and that was to use the simple string methed. by placing the string in the center of the plane left to right and at the right cg location front to back u can get the all over balance including side-to-side and front-to-back all at once. i have used this methed on all my planes 90 sized and up. even on my 27% & 30% extras and also on my 1/3 scale f4u corsair. and all have test flew with very little trim changes. what a lot of people forget about is left and right balance is also important to a great flying plane. the way i look at it if i can get the balance right with out burning up all my brain cells by all the math calculations ( because that was done by all the partying in collage ) then i am all for it. i mark the cg on the correct points on the inside of the body and with a piece of alum. i make a bracket that has a eyelet in it, i mark the center of the piece of alum and the center of the body(side to side) and line the marks up keeping the eyelet centered on the cg mark and in the center of the plane. and useing a good qualty string i hang it from the work shop rafter keeping the table under the plane just as a safty measure. on the top end of the string i have a d-clip for easy hooking and unhooking. i have done this with planes weighing up to 25#'s (the heavest one i have so far is 25#'s) here is some pics to try to help show ya how its done. and if you want to get it perfict then after you get it level left to right then you can sit the hatch on the plane just to the side of were it goes but in the correct position front to back so that you can get the effect of the hatch if any. but this is a very simple way to balance your planes that are to big or to heavy for the standard cg balancer and unlike them you can get the left to right at the same time. hope this helps you understand and you find it as simple and easy as i do.