OhioRcYT
New member
This has a single rear motor and one batter the washers are to balance the plane
Foamforce
Well-known member
Here’s my guess…
Airframes are usually quite tail heavy before the electronics and battery are added. Those are usually added in the nose to balance it out. If you scale an airframe up, the overall weight of the airframe as well as the amount of tail imbalance increases, so a corresponding increase in the weight of the electronics would be needed to balance it out. If the weight of the electronics doesn't increase a corresponding amount, then additional nose weight would be needed.
It looks like if there was just a smidge more space in front of the wheel, that battery could be been located all the way at the front, and not need as much weight. On a plane that big, a few washers is probably hardly noticeable though.
How close is my guess?
Airframes are usually quite tail heavy before the electronics and battery are added. Those are usually added in the nose to balance it out. If you scale an airframe up, the overall weight of the airframe as well as the amount of tail imbalance increases, so a corresponding increase in the weight of the electronics would be needed to balance it out. If the weight of the electronics doesn't increase a corresponding amount, then additional nose weight would be needed.
It looks like if there was just a smidge more space in front of the wheel, that battery could be been located all the way at the front, and not need as much weight. On a plane that big, a few washers is probably hardly noticeable though.
How close is my guess?
OhioRcYT
New member
The tail surfaces were all doubled up and the motor was put in the rear so it needed some nose weight to counteract that and the plane still goes vertical so it’s fine and it’s got 9 washers that’s all and the battery alone isn’t heavy enough to balance it so now it’s balanced and can go vertical
