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Old 04-18-2012, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by gpoehlein
I used the Yankee nose cone (which is a pretty close approximation of the original) and 1/4" foam core for the fibre board bulkhead.
Greg,

I've used the Yankee cone as well. But it does weigh several more grams than the balsa cone. And that means a few more grams of weight aft to balance it out. The result is that you can end up with even more of a brick

Don @ Squirrel Works turned me on to this tidbit of knowledge. And I can't argue with it. That is, I have had more problems trying to trim my Yankee-coned bugs than the balsa ones. So, while it's only a few grams, this barely gliding glider needs all the lightening help you can give it.

Doug

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