BALANCING GIANT AIRPLANES

[Dennis 9412]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Dennis 9412
	You might want to try the Vanessa rig. You can make one of these for about $2.00 and it will work with any size plane. I didn't believe it would work, so I figured, "what do I have to lose but a couple bucks?" I built one to balance my 28% WH Edge 540 and it works slicker than can be!! Have a look here, and give it a try. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_708060/tm.htm

The nice thing about the Vanessa rig is one person can balance the plane by himself. Put the ropes around the wings or fuse, and lift the plane off the floor. It only needs to be lifted 1 or 2 inches to work!!

No special equipment (sawhorses, etc...) needed!!

Hell of an invention!!

[eagle1]

I use a 1in dowl glued into a 2x4 with a chair leg cover over the dowl,4"x4"x1/8" ply on that works great and will not goe through your wings, just takes 2 people to do this don't know about all the math but I just go by what everyone tells me here usually they are correct on where to balance which plane for best results

[SunDevilPilot1]

If it balances on the wing tube you can use my method, described on the thread linked below.

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...big-plane.html

SunDevilPilot