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Originally Posted by gbjets
Gary
quote] I think the first thing to happen after a not so perfect landing, the nose section would become unglued.
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I can attest to that! My Kadet Senior suffered pretty good damage to the firewall when one of the weights (attached with screws) tore off in a "minor incident". The nose of my GP Spirit sailplane lost its nose block cleanly in a lawn dart incident, and the instructions SAID you would have to add weight to balance. Lead tends to have a fair bit of inertia and displays it rather well in when the airframe stops abruptly.
I, too, hate adding "non flying weight", but I like tail heavy airplanes even less.
Dave