CofG calculater

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AlexC
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CofG calculater

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I had lots of fun printing and building this CofG machine.
It was originally designed to accurately display the CofG position for F3F gliders but with a change of wing mount suits a larger range of models.

When set up and calibrated it is very accurate.
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Shaun
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Looks like a nifty widget Alex.

Shaun
AlexC
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These photos show my Walrus glider on the machine. According to the manual, the correct CG is 71mm from the wing root fairing.
As you can see from the photo (hopefully) mine balanced on the point with 5 grams on the tail.

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Wayne_H
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Shaun wrote: 09 Jun 2021, 13:43 Looks like a nifty widget Alex.

Shaun
Ditto from me too ;) A great looking project Alex, well done
Cheers,

Wayne
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