Hi Jim,
After the tailplanes have been painted, some of the mass balance weight
has to be cut off. Some people have cut their weights into many pieces
of varying size/weight, and then iteratively tried combinations until
the tailplanes balanced.
We used a more deterministic method, which only required a single cut to
get good balance. The procedure can be found in our 'Europa Mods and
Building Tips', a copy of which can be seen at:
http://terryseaver.home.comcast.net/europa_page.html
entitled 'Tailplane mass balance procedure'
regards,
Terry Seaver
Jim Butcher wrote:
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> Can someone point me to where the manual gives instruction for adjusting the
tailplane mass balance. Chapter 20 merely says the final position of the
weights
will be determined after the tail planes are painted.
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> Thanks
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> Jim & Heather A185
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