Tony
Staff member
I took the Bipe out to the field the other day to do a maiden on it just like I did with the Edge Mini. However, I'm so tail heavy that I decided to not fly it thanks to Randy talking me out of it. I had told him that I would need at least 4oz of weight. Well I was wrong.
I decided to take today and work on the planes. I thought I only had one Rx left but I had two. So I decided to get the OrangeRx out of the Bipe and Edge mini and replace them with Spektrum ones. so I did my big edge, little edge and teh extra then started on the Bipe because I knew I would have a lot more work on that one.
I took the wings off so I could get the Rx out, yes, PITA lol. Once that was done, and I was done shrinking some of the coating to smooth it out, I put the wing back on and started to try and get the CoG correct. I couldn't find anything heavy enough to balance it out. So I grabbed a pair of pliers and put them on the top of the motor cage, it was still heavy but close enough to work once I put the cowl on. so I grabbed my scale, and the pliers weighed 10.3oz. Yes, it's that tail heavy.
I have no clue how to balance this thing out and I'm looking for ideas. I'm using the largest battery I can in it and I can't put a bigger motor in it. But I really don't want to put 10oz of weight on the nose of this thing. One rough landing (that I'm known for lol) and it could break off the motor cage with all that weight.
So what are your ideas?
I decided to take today and work on the planes. I thought I only had one Rx left but I had two. So I decided to get the OrangeRx out of the Bipe and Edge mini and replace them with Spektrum ones. so I did my big edge, little edge and teh extra then started on the Bipe because I knew I would have a lot more work on that one.
I took the wings off so I could get the Rx out, yes, PITA lol. Once that was done, and I was done shrinking some of the coating to smooth it out, I put the wing back on and started to try and get the CoG correct. I couldn't find anything heavy enough to balance it out. So I grabbed a pair of pliers and put them on the top of the motor cage, it was still heavy but close enough to work once I put the cowl on. so I grabbed my scale, and the pliers weighed 10.3oz. Yes, it's that tail heavy.
I have no clue how to balance this thing out and I'm looking for ideas. I'm using the largest battery I can in it and I can't put a bigger motor in it. But I really don't want to put 10oz of weight on the nose of this thing. One rough landing (that I'm known for lol) and it could break off the motor cage with all that weight.
So what are your ideas?