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Ok I'm going to go somewhere between 60 and 75 and take a deep breath. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks guys. That's awesome.👍

Thanks for the tips gangster. Hopefully someone with an IC setup can shed some light. Cheers.

Hi Denis, the spinner looks good going by this photo. The horizontal staby is like a traditional kit built frame type so not solid with holes.

Hi oh gurus of the sky, So I've popped together a Seagull Challenger Sport LW to replace my now broken XT40. C of G is quoted as 60mm back from the LE. I've built to plan and got my 6v battery as far forward in the cabin as it'll go. It's actually in the removable hatch immediately behind the bulkhead and without a ton of lead in the snout I can't get the balance any further forward that about 80mm. SC52 up the front should be heavy enough I would have thought. Your thoughts would be appreciated please gentleman. 🙂

Hi Caveman, I'm glad it's not just me that realized the tank install isn't correct. The way it's fitted now also does not allow for insulation. I like to encase my tanks in foam to stop foaming. I'm pretty sure the needle valve rubbing on the cowl made it spin round. It didn't happen in a whole day of running without the cowl which makes it the only difference. So I'm going to open the hole out around the valve to allow enough space for me to get some silicone hose over it. I checked the tang as you'd mentioned and it looks ok. I think just opening the hole out would do the job alone (I've never had the issue on this engine before in previous planes) but my heart can't stand another dead stick so I'm going belt and braces. It could just be that the vibrations on this model can do what has never happened on previous models. Typically in all the modelling stuff I have I don't have a peice of hose with the correct ID so a visit to town today should sort this out. Then it's flight No2.