Makes sense Tony,=0Abut make sure you get the full 13deg. up elevator.=0AGr
aham=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: jonathanmilban
k <jdmilbank@yahoo.co.uk>=0ATo: europa-list@matronics.com =0ASent: Sunday,
16 February 2014, 15:54=0ASubject: Europa-List: Re: 914 battery location.
ahoo.co.uk>=0A=0ATony, I agree with David Joyce and furthermore while my ai
rcraft was a mono-wheel for 16 years, I did temporarily move the battery fr
om the engine bay to inside the rear fuselage. My old classic has the bagga
ge bay bulkhead further forward.=0A=0AI and three experienced friends who s
hare my aircraft all agreed that having the C of G further aft was a mistak
e, because the tendency to swing off runway direction on landing was notice
ably worse.=0A=0AHaving the original very direct steering tail-wheel under
the fin gave us immediate feedback to directional control issues on the gro
und, which can be masked by the springy links in the more recently extended
tail-wheel design.=0A=0AI know this for sure because I did the first test
flights for a friend's 914 mono-wheel aircraft and have flown it for severa
l hours subsequently. Please take the advice to keep the C of G mid-range o
r a little forward. You won't risk it nosing over when applying the brake a
s long as you keep the stick fully back. The tail-planes are very powerful.
=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ARead this topic online here:=0A=0Ahttp://forums.matronics.co
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