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STEEN SKYBOLT
BALANCING.
1) It is critical that your airplane be
balanced correctly. Improper balance will
cause your plane to lose control and
crash.
THE
ITY IS LOCATED 120MM BACK
FROM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
TOP WING AT THE WING ROOT.
2) Mount both the top and bottom wings
to the fuselage. Accurately mark the bal-
ance point on the top wing - 120mm back
from the leading edge of the top wing at
the wing root - as shown in the photo.
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 for-
ward or back to change the flying charac-
teristics. Moving the balance forward may
improve the smoothness and arrow-like
tracking, but it may then require more
speed for take off and make it more diffi-
cult to slow down for landing. Moving the
balance aft makes the model more agile
with a lighter and snappier "feel". In any
case, please start at the loca¬tion we rec-
ommend .
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 it, 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.
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CENTER
OF
GRAV-
Instruction Manual.
*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 bal-
ance point.
CONTROL THROWS.
Ailerons:
High Rate :
Low Rate
:
Elevator:
High Rate :
Low Rate
:
Rudder:
High Rate :
Low Rate
:
120 mm
12mm
10mm
12mm
10 mm
30mm
20 mm
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