I'm going to be starting my build on this kit and I had a question about the nose weight. I understand that the CG needs to be ahead of the CP by a margin of 1.5 x the diameter which would be equal to 3.9" in order to have a stable flying kit.
I pulled up a ROCKSIM file of this kit and with 3oz of nose weight and a loaded G64 it's still -.96 unstable? I know it needs more nose weight to get it to be stable so I'm asking if anyone has built this kit and how much nose weight did you use to bring it into a safe stable flying state.
I also noticed the instructions stated that when adding the nose weight that the epoxy will not stick to the inside of the nose cone and they suggest using a screw to allow the lead something to "catch" or "hang" onto. Couldn't I just use a wood dowel instead and does the dowel have to be above the weight or somewhere in the middle for it to be effective and keep it in place.
Thanks guys!
I pulled up a ROCKSIM file of this kit and with 3oz of nose weight and a loaded G64 it's still -.96 unstable? I know it needs more nose weight to get it to be stable so I'm asking if anyone has built this kit and how much nose weight did you use to bring it into a safe stable flying state.
I also noticed the instructions stated that when adding the nose weight that the epoxy will not stick to the inside of the nose cone and they suggest using a screw to allow the lead something to "catch" or "hang" onto. Couldn't I just use a wood dowel instead and does the dowel have to be above the weight or somewhere in the middle for it to be effective and keep it in place.
Thanks guys!