REFLECTOR:173 Front Seat Ballast

[Chuck Jensen]

It's been discussed before but a great compromise, if the weight is
necessary for good W/B, is a second battery.  There is a slick system
available that automatically charges whichever battery is down and provides
a manual switch to switch to the back up battery at will.  Yes, its some
extra weight but it's upfront so it has a high arm value and provides
redundancy for startup and electrical supply.  A near-perfect compromise
solution.

chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of RJohn15183@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:19 AM
To: reflector@tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:173 Front Seat Ballast


> 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.

Well Al to each his own but I spent 5 years obsessing over every once of
weight that went into the bird. (Brendan said my XL was in the top 5
lightest non-factory XL's) The thought of carrying 25# of utterly useless
weight around everywhere I go kinda makes me feel queasy. :-) 

Man that is a suitcase worth of weight. Just wasted? All the time? <shiver> 

Like I said though, to each his own. 

Rob
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