Andrew
that might be a tedious way to do it, I would stick with the plans
method, I only had to drill 2 or 3 holes to balance. Long time ago that
was and my memory is not reliable after a few days ?;-)
Drilling lead is different though so experiment on a spare block of
lead, you might try a spade bit?
Graham
Andrew Sarangan wrote:
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> I have seen several builders say that most of the aileron balancing
> lead ended up being drilled out, and that it was a laborious task.
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> I am wondering if it would be better to build the entire arm with foam,
> finish and paint. Then drill some holes through the glass into the foam
> core and stick some lead balls and pot them in place. You can buy tiny
> lead balls by the pound, and it seems tome that I can avoid all that
> drilling and achieve a more accurate balance this way.
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> Any thoughts?
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> Andrew Sarangan
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