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BALANCING ACT

PHOTOS BY PETE HALL & SAM HARBOLD SOLID FLIGHT PERFORMANCE STARTS WITH GETTING THE CG RIGHT If you fly RC model airplanes, sooner or later, you'll see that classic out-of-control take-off that ends with a broken plane. The model looks fine as it starts its takeoff roll, but at the moment it breaks free of the ground, it rolls sharply one way and then the other! The nose oscillates up and down, and the wide-eyed...

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