ARF Nobler wing tip weight

Just a quick question, I have just completed my ARF Nobler. It was an older version, small leadouts and steel tank only. The instructions say to add 1oz. wing tip weight. While I was assembling the kit, I noticed that there was obviously some weight in the tip already as the outboard wing was heavy. Can anyone tell me if TF wants us to add more weight or are the instructions in error? I built the kit with many of the updates that I received reading this forum, what a wealth of knowledge. I fly in Northern Colorado and there is absolutely no C/L help available locally, so I get most of my info from SSW. Thanks so much for the help. Dave Markley

>Just a quick question, I have just completed my ARF Nobler.
>It was an older version, small leadouts and steel tank only.
>The instructions say to add 1oz. wing tip weight. While I
>was assembling the kit, I noticed that there was obviously
>some weight in the tip already as the outboard wing was
>heavy. Can anyone tell me if TF wants us to add more weight
>or are the instructions in error? I built the kit with many
>of the updates that I received reading this forum, what a
>wealth of knowledge. I fly in Northern Colorado and there
>is absolutely no C/L help available locally, so I get most
>of my info from SSW. Thanks so much for the help. Dave
>Markley

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Go fly it. It already has wight in the wing. Mine was perfect.

Have 2 Noblers one needed weight so in the other I put a weight Box and that was enough it flies great.Number 1 has heavier leadouts so that might be the difference. See Ya Neal

I put a weight box in mine, but did not put any weight in it. It seems about right as it is. I suspect that it was OK right out of the box, and the weight box is an unneeded redundancy.

Hello David
You may not be as alone as you think. I live and fly in Fort Collins as does fellow PAMPA member Mark Gerber, who has tried to contact you. I think your original question was answered, but if you are interested in people to fly with or just to get together to talk about stunt, contact me at [email protected] or call at 226.6354 (home) or 493.6698 (work). Look forward to hearing from you.
Gary Sauder

Mine was from the original batch and the wing tip weight was almost too much. The box is on the top of the tip plate, sealed with an epoxy. The weights are hundreds of tiny steel bb's. I did remove the box, using Acetone to dissolve the epoxy goop and a magnet to remove the bb's. Then I made a box, and installed it on the underside in the area of the tip where the two outboard ribs are covered with sheet. Fit perfect. Also made a balsa cowl similar to the 57 Green Box version. I hated to remove six itty bitty wood screws just to take off the fiberglass cowl. Now one screw. Today I covered the empanage area with Japanese tissue and the rest of the fuselage and wings with silkspan. So far three coats of Brodaks clear butyrate. Now to come up with a paint scheme. I'm leaning towards a WW2 F6F three color paint, dark blue, light non specular blue and white on the underside. Real original.

Ty,

Sounds like you and I are thinking alike. I stripped the Moneykote off mine (1. I was curious and wasn't sure I could trust the builders; 2. I hate the stuff) and found the little balsa box out on the wingtip. Don't know about hundreds, but there were quite few balls in there.

I also pulled out my original Green Box kit and have made the necessary changes (airfoiled rudder, plywood tailwheel mount, and gear fairings) so I feel better about thinking it's a "real" GB Nobler. I still have the fiberglass cowl on this one, but may change on the next iteration. Will be silkspanning and doping next week. For the money and time, this has turned out to be one great "kit".

Hope to see you at Brodak.

Thanks to those that have offered advise, this is really a wonderful way to help those new to control line flying. Dave