REFLECTOR:173 Front Seat Ballast

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on the road.=20

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.=20

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.=20

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.=20

Lead is 10 times as dense as water, so why have something as bulky as =
water
of which you'd need maybe 3 gal, and maybe about one qt of lead.  Plus;
seems to me that you would generally not want to dump the weight because =
on
another leg of the same trip you may need it again.  25# of lead shot =
you
simply move from the nose to behind the back seat (roughly the CG); and =
it's
with you when you need it again.

Al



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