Hi All:

      I recently purchased this airplane already built but it has one small fault.  It takes about 14 oz. engine to balance the plane to where it will fly.  I have no engines that are that heavy and I hate to buy an engine for just one plane.

     The plane looks great but the nose appears to be short,  The nose is 7 inches long when measured from the of the leading edge.  The  trailing edge of the wing to the leading edge of stabilizer measures 7.5 inches.  This plane looks like a Magician with an elliptical wing.  It is nice to look at but is so tail heavy.

      What can be done to get this thing to fly well? The previous owner had a bit of lead added to the nose but it just hunted in flight. 

      Any suggestions?

      Anybody familiar with this plane? Anybod know anything the histor of this plane?

                                                                                                    Tia,

                                                                                                    Zeke

   Hi All:

      I recently purchased this airplane already built but it has one small fault.  It takes about 14 oz. engine to balance the plane to where it will fly.        What can be done to get this thing to fly well? The previous owner had a bit of lead added to the nose but it just hunted in flight.  

      Any suggestions?

      Anybody familiar with this plane? Anybod know anything the histor of this plane?

                                                                                                    Tia,

                                                                                                    Zeke

WOW.  14 oz is needed in the nose.  How much does your airplane weigh?

If this is the Ducharme Lieutenant from Model Airplane News, Jan 58, his model weighed 30 oz, total, with a Fox 35.  This is a full size stunt ship about 52" span or more, very simple construction, it should build light, no flaps.  Fairly thin airfoil.  Will fly fast.  The original was covered with silk and clear doped over the open bays of the wing (most of it) and the elevators.  The vertical tail was 1/8" sheet with ribs on either side, covered with silk.

I really do not have any positive suggestions other than to figure out how to make the rear end of the thing much lighter.  There must be a lot of heavy wood and a heavy finish back there.  Otherwise, get as much lead as you can forward of the LE.  And then find a really heavy spinner coupled with the an additional spinner weight like from Great Planes.

Keith