Bob, There are a few ways to add ballast to a TD plane, that was not made for it. I have done all of the following on various thermal planes.
1) change to a heavier and/or longer wing joiner rod if possible 2) make a piece of lead shaped to fit inside the bottom of the fuselage. Drill a hole in it, so that it fits over towhook screw inside the fuselage. Drill another hole through the fuse and through the lead block. You can drive a screw from the bottom of the plane into this lead block to hold it solidly in. You should arrange the placement of the block so that the CG does not change. It is a pain to get that block in & out of the fuse past all the wiring. I had a Kelly clamp ( http://www.allheart.com/pm501.html ) that I used to get the lead block in place. 3) Drill additional ballast tubes in each wing a bit behind the wing joiner rod. This should be about on the CG. Use a drill only through the root rib. A drill bit will tear the foam core to shreds. Use a sharpened brass tube to cut the foam. Six inches deep should be plenty. Then glue the capped brass tube in the wing root. Insert appropriate sized lead slugs when you desire ballast. Pretty easy to get the slugs in & out. #3 was the easiest to for me to live with, after installation. Hope these thoughts give you some ideas. Jon Stone -----Original Message----- From: Bob Peck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:52 PM To: Brian Courtice; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Spelling problems [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here lets try this..... I went out and flew my 2M Super V today and it was a little windy. Does anyone out there have a trick way to add ballast short of doing a major mod to the fuse? Bob RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
