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@KrajciTom@universeodon.com Good luck! After you finish building it, I assume there's some kind of certification/check before it gets to fly?
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Now that everything is painted, I will assemble the entire glider and do a weight and balance evaluation. Then, I will sit in the cockpit and do another weight and balance evaluation. Then, I will quadruple check all of those measurements and math.
If I need to make a big adjustment to the center of gravity, I could install a heavy lead acid battery far from the center of gravity.
In order for the FAA to issue the airworthiness certificate, this plane must undergo a condition inspection. That opens the door to a flight test protocol where I gradually evaluate and demonstrate that the glider flies acceptably well.
My first efforts in flight testing will be taxi tests where I never even get fast enough to become airborne. Gradually, I will expand the envelope to higher speeds, higher G loading, a wider range of angle of attack, and evaluation of flying characteristics with the center of gravity at the forward maximum position and the aft maximum position.
