Flite Test - Balancing Your Plane - FLITE TIP

[Allboutnothing]

I have been looking for ages now on how to ballance a 33 inch wing span cessna 182?

[vinicius14]

Very good video tks

[dctisthebest]

Thank you sooo much. I was watching this video one night and i was trying to figure out how to stop making my plane tip stall. And it turned out is was super tail heavy. So i made myself a balancer thigy, and my plane flys again. Flite Test ROCKS!!!!!!

[shebotnov]

Stop using copyrighted music:

Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights.

:(((

[chadkapper]

@shebotnov We created and own all the rights to the music in this video. It's a problem between GEMA and YouTube. Sorry.

[shebotnov]

@chadkapper Oh i see. Shame on them. Good thing I found a proxy ^^

[desidudes78]

ur shows are genius. the comedy is perfect. and the information is so helpful. nice show guys.@(-__-)@ yes, thats a chinese monkey.

[lewy950]

I forgot you did this video. I just bought the Mustang so this video has come in really handy.  Thanks guys

[MrShreddd]

have you guys reviewed the hk p51 yet?

[Revorob]

Great vid - very informative. I got a lot out of this. I have a Minimoa glider coming and I will use your advice to set up the CG.

[TommyMental]

hahaha guys you're nutz :D Thumbs Up for FliteTest Crew !

Don't forget to check your cog :D hahah

[yamaha4759]

wow this simple flying tips really make a big difference...thank you so much..

[RCcunuk]

good tips guys

[OuchIAteMyself]

How do you tell where the cog is on the plane? (e.g. you said 25% back on the wing - how did you know that?)

[jopio333]

Music is distracting me.

[chiosex]

I erm overlooked checking the cg on my jetiger, 1 min flight ended in a 70 mph nose in, doh, it was WAY nose heavy the elevator barely worked. Check your CG! good video guys, great infact!

[tallguysd]

Another great video! The only issues I wish mfr would fix is the they sale kits that when used with the required parts are not balanced! A good Pilot knows to check but a new green pilot thinks that if you open the box build the plane it's going to fly like you see in the videos.

[gonadus]

Love everything about these vids. Especially the HD cameras used to make them. Please, what are they???

[badgolf1]

great job guys..this helps alot!!

[RoboTekno]

(1/4 Mac to 1/3 Mac) = maidens and adjust from there :P

"Nose heavy planes fly poorly, tail heavy planes fly once."

[123RCUK]

Nice shorter intro guys :-) Big josh talks wayyyy to fast, sounds like he's got verbal diarrhea, an information volcano with no pause button and needs to pause for a breathe... Slow down josh, and please ditch the background drum loop :-)

[acamvarnum]

1:33..."See, that's why I'm here"- superbe!

[SuperWildman69]

Another good, informative video guys!

I bought a brand name CG balancer, to get my T-28 Trojan balanced.

I had an instructor from our club maiden, and trim the T-28 for me.

He commented that the CG was good during this flight test.

I used the recommended CG from the T-28's instruction manual.

He also recommended that I add spacers or small washers behind the engine mount to give more down and right force.

The T-28 had a tendancy to climb to the left when throttle was increased.

[ThisisTheShady]

Good show guys...

[arsitama]

I have a foamy, I balance, and it looks level, but the nose tend to go down. I have to give an up elevator to keep it level. I use trim. So that make my tail and elevator is not straight. Is that a sign of nose heavy? But on other instance, when it fly straight, the tail is not level with the nose. The nose is higher than the tail, why is that?

[metastopheles]

Lost my first plane due to heavy tail. When it crashed, found most of the fuel had leaked out and settled into the tail causing the tip stall and plane, a trainer, spiral into a tree.

Thanks for the video.

[Giantman2001]

Ouch, BG track hurt my ears ;(

[MrEasyFly]

Great Video! But you really have to turn down the volume of the drumloop.

[danny9599]

just saying another tip from my dad whos a pilot, cg should roughly be around the thickest point of the wing on full sized aircraft and so far in my rc experience has worked out pretty good

[metastopheles]

@danny9599 works well with symmetrical wings and on Raf aerofoils and NACA 1, but asymmetrical, like on the P51 or Spitties and the high speed aerofoils like on jets (max chord at about 40% to 50%) and delta's need a tad more science or info from experienced flyers.

[jefierro]

I like your reviews, are fill with info, but that drum loop is very annoying.

[WSRebel2]

That yellow on the spinner and tail is UGLY, so does not look like a P-51 with that color!

[iflybythebook2]

I wasn't sure if they were joking or not, sorry, but I don't have #2 pencils, will it still work?

[wise20uk]

@iflybythebook2 to make it work you realy have to use #2 pencils :-)

[flitetest]

@iflybythebook2 You can use any pencils with an eraser. Just make sure they're the same length.

[iflybythebook2]

@flitetest Ok, thank you. What length should they be?

[Hitohippo]

@iflybythebook2 Doesn't matter! Your plane should just be off the ground!!!

[XxstryaexX1]

@iflybythebook2 wherever i go... you seem to be there...

[rc18trocks]

@iflybythebook2 you definetly not 51 and have no clue about anything when it comes to planes, ur def 12

[E744763Productions]

Great video guys! I just finished electricfying my Hanger 9 Corsair .60 and it was tail heavy of cours so ....I had to add over a pound of lead to the cowling! Keep these tips coming :)

[eryn4586]

That answered so many questions I had! Thanks

[RcPiLoT1011]

Thanks so much!!

[tallman500]

u guyz r back from LA ??

[thenerfergeek325]

i idol these guys

1.josh is funny(da one dat doesnt do anything)

2.josh is an amzing tip giver( no homo....nd hes a good modder n such)

[trojan1111]

Much thanks for a good video.

[monboy10]

that is almost the same balancing rig that i have, mine just has the pencils glued in

[IStealPursesXD]

Thanks for the video. It was exactly what I was looking for.

[tydb1]

Thanks this expaination has given me an idea of what i need to do to fly one of my planes. It is tail heavy and showed all the characteristics you said. I was always blaming it on it being the wings on the bottom but now i know! I will be trying to put weights in this plane. I also love your balancing rig, it will be my weekend project now.

[daplaneflyer]

niceee



[p3x197]

great vid as always guys