Epoxy Nose cone? Good idea or bad idea?

[42-n-startinagain]

Anyone done this? Spitfire 403 is tail heavy so instead of clay I filled the nose cone with Epoxy and hollowed it out until it balanced the aircraft. Makes it strong and gives a good base to angle the prop. Seems like a good idea but maybe I am missing something.

[ADW 123]

why not? whatever gets it to fly

[dbcisco]

While keeping an aircraft as light as possible is a good idea, it is not always possible. Even on real aircraft, we used to use 25lb lead filled "sandbags" to balance the cargo in helicopters.

[slopemeno]

Add a couple of layers of glass cloth in there and half the epoxy. I'd probably carve a balsa noseblock myself.