How to Balance a Large Spinner

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Always balance your spinner. An unbalanced spinner can create small to large vibrations which can lead to serious problems with your model. For this piece, I am balancing the CARF P-51D composite spinner and aluminum backplate that came from CARF as an optional purchase. I have used this method of balancing spinners, to success, for many years. Some may like the method of adding weight to the spinner, but that always opens up the possibility...

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