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In light of some of the good discussion going around, I'd like to pose a topic that I've been pondering for quite a while. Mind you, I am just opening a discussion, and much of it is purely hypothetical for other's feedback.
We constantly refer to CoG, but I don't seem to hear any focus on the effect of weight distribution, and I wanted to open that up to see what others think. For example, If I have 2 see-saw's, and I balance a cinder block on the very ends of one, and 1' from the middle of the other, they both have the same CoG, but very different pivoting characteristics. I can disrupt the one with the blocks close to the middle with a flick of my little finger at the end of the plank, the one with the blocks at the ends takes some more deliberate force to disrupt it as quickly. As such, with two identical boats with identical CoG, but one has the packs on the sides of the motor all located right at the CoG, the other has them spread out away from the CoG, say motor in back, packs spread out in front, they will behave differently. Or say in a Cat, the difference between single 6s packs on either side, as opposed to (2) 3s end to end on each side. One will pivot on the CoG more freely, while the other will be a bit more inclined to stay flat. I'm sure both boats have their strengths and weaknesses, and one may do better in certain conditions than others, or be better for one hull type but not another. When I think about my boats, and the spot I run at is almost always a bit choppy, I'm inclined to think that a bit of distribution helps keep the boat flat and allows it to be less affected by chop, where as the one with the weight concentrated at the CoG oscillates more, and could get out of control quicker. It applies to balance from side to side as well, but maybe in a different way, say a Mono with a single 6s in the middle, as opposed to a 3s on each side, or a cat with packs in the sponsons, or over the tunnel. I know both ways are successful, just wondering what effects people see from these differences.
Or maybe I just think too much
We constantly refer to CoG, but I don't seem to hear any focus on the effect of weight distribution, and I wanted to open that up to see what others think. For example, If I have 2 see-saw's, and I balance a cinder block on the very ends of one, and 1' from the middle of the other, they both have the same CoG, but very different pivoting characteristics. I can disrupt the one with the blocks close to the middle with a flick of my little finger at the end of the plank, the one with the blocks at the ends takes some more deliberate force to disrupt it as quickly. As such, with two identical boats with identical CoG, but one has the packs on the sides of the motor all located right at the CoG, the other has them spread out away from the CoG, say motor in back, packs spread out in front, they will behave differently. Or say in a Cat, the difference between single 6s packs on either side, as opposed to (2) 3s end to end on each side. One will pivot on the CoG more freely, while the other will be a bit more inclined to stay flat. I'm sure both boats have their strengths and weaknesses, and one may do better in certain conditions than others, or be better for one hull type but not another. When I think about my boats, and the spot I run at is almost always a bit choppy, I'm inclined to think that a bit of distribution helps keep the boat flat and allows it to be less affected by chop, where as the one with the weight concentrated at the CoG oscillates more, and could get out of control quicker. It applies to balance from side to side as well, but maybe in a different way, say a Mono with a single 6s in the middle, as opposed to a 3s on each side, or a cat with packs in the sponsons, or over the tunnel. I know both ways are successful, just wondering what effects people see from these differences.
Or maybe I just think too much
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