Shorter tail moment requires cg to be further forward. You may end up needing MORE nose weight. Building a lighter tail might be better. Patrick Lanphier wrote: snip > I saw thinking about taking off > about an inch off the tail moving the wieght of the tail section forward a > little so that the weight in the nose could be decreased. snip -- Lincoln Ross RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]