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Pitch and balance realism?

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Squidly Doom:
Hi all, I'm just starting out with digital models and was wondering if anyone had any advice for ensuring a fictional plane would have decent pitch control and balance? I've been using
this calculator meant for RC planes for balance and came up with these:

I've no idea how to tell if the elevons aren't far back enough or if the canard could compensate for it however.
Thanks for any help :smiley:

Kerick:
Well, it sure looks good!!
I would say you are on the right track.

perttime:
Using that calculator should get you close enough. Not everybody is all that concerned about such realism....

Squidly Doom:
It won't tell you anything about where to put the control surfaces though.

GTX_Admin:
Your design looks somewhat similar to the Swiss ALR Piranha design so maybe that can assist for the purposes of this:

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