REFLECTOR:173 Front Seat Ballast

[Ronnie Brown]

We got your rain!!!  (the east coast)

This weekend is the first 2 dry day weekend we have had in over a month.  Also, its been more than a month that we have had three
dry days in a row.

And we could use that tank to flush the john too!!!

Sorry!
Ronnie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Poole" <gpoole@zeta.org.au>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:173 Front Seat Ballast


| That water could come in handy for those occasional desert engine outs!
| ....we know all about it down here!
|
| ...just waiting for the rash of evaporative cooling ideas that are likely
| to result from a water tank in the nose!
|
| Cheers!
|
| Greg in drought affected OZ
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: <RJohn15183@aol.com>
| To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
| Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:06 AM
| Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:173 Front Seat Ballast
|
|
| > Ronnie,
| >
| > An idea that I toyed with....
| >
| > Now bear in mind that with my fat butt I don't need any ballast in flight.
| However on the ground the nose lightness was always a problem. Always
| wanting to sit on her tail (and her tail was that expensive and delicate MIT
| prop!!)
| >
| > When I was at home I had 2 30 pound bags of cement that I had soaked in
| water bag and all then set in the floor of the plane on top of plastic sheet
| while still wet. They conformed to the shape of the floor and dried. That
| was fine and good at home but no so good on the road.
| >
| > So one idea I had was to make a bulkhead in the nose just forward of the
| nose gear well. Seal off the nose water tight then put water in there. 2 or
| 3 gallons maybe. 16 to 24 pounds of weight as far forward as it can get.
| >
| > Then just drain it when you don't need it.
| >
| > The idea was that sand, lead shot, cement etc., could be hard to come by
| when away from home but you can always get water.
| >
| > Land at Podunk airport, get a few gallons of water in the nose and she
| would sit better. Open the valve and get in while it drained.
| >
| > Idle brain farts for what it's worth.
| >
| > Rob
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