TT530MD very tail heavy

[Mike SVOR]

I just got done making all the holes for my raptor to fit in to the thunder tiger 530 kit. Bolted everything down and installed the tail rotor and fin set.
When I pick the heli up by the main shaft, it is now very tail heavy. It would probably take 1/2 a pound of nose weight to correct it to level.
What do I do???

[Rodan]

Most scale fuselages add quite a bit of weight at the tail. In order to balance mine, I used a very large RX battery (4500), a 1500 battery for the LED lights, and still added a bit of lead to get it balanced out. At least with the big batteries, I'm getting something out of the weight... I never have to charge at the field! Don't worry, it will still fly well.

[BarracudaHockey]

Mine has a 4000mah battery up front and it balanced without any lead but yes, thats not terribly unusal.

[Mike SVOR]

I have that big battery pack already in the nose. Looks like I'm gona have to make an aluminum extension plate to move it even more forward to the tip of the nose.

[BarracudaHockey]

I'm taking mine to the warbird event in Ocala this weekend, wonder if they will let me fly it <EG>

[lrogers]

I used a 2800mah sub-c pack in my 500D, placed as far forward as I could get it and still had to add some lead to get it to balance.

[robbin wilham]

hey are you still tail heavy, ive had my tt500 flying for about 8 months and i dont know what different im using but mine has perfect cg heres a couple of pics of mine 1 of inside with JR batt , im not running any artificial weight

[Mike SVOR]

How are you measuring CG?

[screwbirds]

With everything has been in place including the lipo pack, keep the main blades parallel with the fuse then lift it up and it will show you which end is heavier then you will be able balance CG by adding weights to the end was lighter. Hope it help

[Mike SVOR]

Here's how you should do it.

With the main blades facing out the sides, left and right of the body, Pick the helicopter up by the main blade grips. Tilt the helicopter to one side (left or right) and watch the tail. If the tail drops to the lower side of the angle, then you're tail heavy, if it goes to the high side, it's nose heavy.
You should be able to pick the heli up, tilt it to a side and not have the tail move, up or down on the slope.

Let me know if this explains it well enough. If not, I could get a video of it.

[BarracudaHockey]

Picking it up by the flybar tells you the same thing.

[Mike SVOR]

When I pick mine up by the flybar, the main blades seem perfectly level, but this test shows tail heavy. http://s95974389.onlinehome.us/RC%20Stuff/RC%20Helicopter/Helicopter%20movies/balance.WMV

Thoughts?

[nzreg]

Thanks for the video, I had been told to balance using the flybar but see the logic in your method, much more accurate with no risk of damage to flybar.
many thanks