SeaHawk
05-31-2008, 04:13 PM
Windy, day. Can't fly the primary so rebuilding a tail on a used bird I bought 3rd hand. I pulled off the tail blades and put the hub and tail blade holders on a high point balancer. One side kept swinging low, so I took everything apart and weighed them on a 3 beam scale. the heavy blade holder, with everthing removed was 7.47 grams the light was 7.33 grams...a 14 hundredths of a gram difference. A little careful surgery, filing, and I got the heavy side to within a hundredth of a gram of the light holder. I put them back on the high point and...now they perfectly balance instead of one side down.
I usually don't do this, but I'm wondering if anyone knows whether this much weight makes a difference. Balancing them out can't hurt, but now I wonder if I should check my primary bird on the high point and the 3 beam.
I usually don't do this, but I'm wondering if anyone knows whether this much weight makes a difference. Balancing them out can't hurt, but now I wonder if I should check my primary bird on the high point and the 3 beam.