mhadley1@juno.com wrote:
>
> All,
>
> If you have the weighed figures for your aircraft, please post them. I
> think that it will only take a few posting to show that the "thumb nail"
> weights will actually be pretty broad.
> 600 - 700 lbs for the mains, under 100 for the nose. Ideally 600 - 650
> on the mains, 75 on the nose. But is it an XL or a Std FG? Big
> difference!
>
> First, I want to review a few things about doing a weight a balance. It
> is real close to being critical that the aircraft is flight level while
> weighing it. Also, make sure that all of the interior, equipment, etc.
> that is going to stay in the plane virtually every flight ,is in the
> plane when you weigh it. This includes items such as the ELTand Fire
> Extiquisher. For your first flight, you may weigh the plane while it is
> in primer. Once the plane is painted, I recommend that you reweigh the
> plane to get an accurate EW (empty weight). If you paint, or your painter
> is like the guy at work who shoots the white primer paint into the molds,
> you could add 15 to 20 pounds to the plane easy!
>
> A couple of figures that are critical in really understanding and
> appreciating these weights is the "arm" of where the weight is taken
> (position in inches of the axle center(s) of the main and nose gear from
> the nose of the airplane ).Generally, the nose gear arm is around 30"
> while the main gear arm is around 129" - 130". If two airplanes have
> identical weights on the mains, but the arm is 2 inches different, empty
> CG is going to be a lot different.
>
> I too would be interested in the figures that I hope will be posted. For
> grins I will try to get the numbers on the planes at work (N81VA and
> N97XL).
>
> Typically, 1275 to 1400 lbs has been the range for EW. EW CG has been
> around the 126 - 127 inch area. With 170 lb pilot and 20 gals of fuel,
> this generally brings the aircraft into the rear of the flight CG box.
>
> Looking forward to hearing about you aircraft W&B,
>
> Martin
>
>
Martin,
While we're at it, how about fuel capacity. The only thing I've seen is
65 gals for STD wing, 75 gals for 173. What about the Std or Elite
and/or RG? Let's have actual. Also XL, XL RG, XL opt. tank, XL RG opt.
tank.
Let's see -- That's 10 altogether.
Carl Hoffman