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BorgeBorge · 09-02-2014, 01:46 PM

Has anyone else tail heavy 5.5's? mine is very. So much that it pulls up a lot during high speed flying.

My setup is:

Stock servos
Stock motor
YEP 150LV esc(Mounted on front top angeled plate)
YEP 20A bec(mounted on front lower angeled plate)
6s 5000mAh 45C Gens Ace lipo (pushed all the way forward in the frame)

Will check to see how much weight I need to add to get it perfect.

SamIAm · 09-02-2014, 06:21 PM

Mine is tail heavy but I just fly it that way. I have seen people take the carbon plate out of the front below the ESC tray so they can move the battery forward though

Bigpops · 09-02-2014, 06:37 PM

Yep. I had to add 60-70g of weight to the front of the heli, with an 830g battery all the way forward.

Unless you have a heavy ESC (Castle 130 or 120HV), I think you could struggle to get the CG right without adding weight.

BorgeBorge · 09-04-2014, 02:18 PM

70 grams was exactly what I needed too.

09-02-2014, 01:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
BorgeBorge Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2007	Agile 5.5 CenterOfGravity Has anyone else tail heavy 5.5's? mine is very. So much that it pulls up a lot during high speed flying. My setup is: Stock servos Stock motor YEP 150LV esc(Mounted on front top angeled plate) YEP 20A bec(mounted on front lower angeled plate) 6s 5000mAh 45C Gens Ace lipo (pushed all the way forward in the frame) Will check to see how much weight I need to add to get it perfect. __________________ TRCHK

09-02-2014, 06:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
SamIAm Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2012	Mine is tail heavy but I just fly it that way. I have seen people take the carbon plate out of the front below the ESC tray so they can move the battery forward though __________________ Lots of X-Cells and little sense.

09-02-2014, 06:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bigpops Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2009	Yep. I had to add 60-70g of weight to the front of the heli, with an 830g battery all the way forward. Unless you have a heavy ESC (Castle 130 or 120HV), I think you could struggle to get the CG right without adding weight. __________________ Current fleet: Goblin Thunder Sport, Trex 700L, Logo 600, Specter 700, TDR, OMP M1 - Vbar Control - 5" and 3" FPV racing quads and a Taranis Next heli(s): No idea. I have everything I wanted.

09-04-2014, 02:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
BorgeBorge Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2007	70 grams was exactly what I needed too. __________________ TRCHK

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