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3) With the model upright, place your
fingers on the masking tape and carefully
lift the plane.
2) Mount the wing to the fuselage. Using
a couple of pieces of masking tape, place
them on the bottom of the wing
100mm
back from the leading edge of the wing at
the wing root.
The balance point is located 100 mm
back from the leading edge of the wing
at the wing root. This is the balance point
at which your model should balance for
your first flights. Later, you may wish to
experiment by shifting the balance up
to 10mm forward or back to change the
flying characteristics. Moving the bal-
ance forward may improve the smooth-
ness and arrow- like tracking, but it
may then require more speed for take
off and make it more difficult to slow
down for landing. Moving the balance aft
makes the model more agile with a light-
er and snappier ”feel”. In any case,please
start at the location we recommend
With the wing attached to the fuselage,
all parts of the model installed ( ready to
fly), and empty fuel tanks, hold the model
at the marked balance point with the sta-
bilizer level.
Lift the model. If the tail drops when
you lift, the model is “tail heavy” and you
must add weight* to the nose. If the nose
drops, it is “nose heavy” and you must
add weight* to the tail to balance.
*If possible, first attempt to balance the
model by changing the position of the re-
ceiver battery and receiver. If you are un-
able to obtain good balance by doing so,
then it will be necessary to add weight to
the nose or tail to achieve the
proper balance point.
CONTROL THROWS.
100 mm
Ailerons:
12mm - 15mm up.
12mm - 15mm down.
Elevator:
12mm - 15mm up.
12mm - 15mm down.
Rudder:
20mm - 30mm left.
20mm - 30mm right.
