REFLECTOR:WEIGHT & BALANCE
Scott
reflector@tvbf.org
Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:52:15 -0700
I apologize to Ronnie and Dale, I gave credit to the factory for the W&B
procedure I used to re-weigh my plane.
I did not use the factory method, I used the excellent method put together
by Ronnie and Dale in an excel spread sheet format.
Thanks Ronnie and Dale for providing this excellent tool.
Scott
At 10:09 AM 1/25/2004, you wrote:
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>Tom:
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>Dale Alexander and I developed this spreadsheet for doing weight and balance.
><http://home.sprintmail.com/~romott/173%20Wt%20&%20Bal.XLS>http://home.sprintmail.com/~romott/173%20Wt%20&%20Bal.XLS
>You will need to change the data to fit your plane from your measurements
>and scale weights.
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>My web page was broke after moving it to a new ID, but I think it is all
>fixed now.
><http://home.sprintmail.com/~romott/page10.html>http://home.sprintmail.com/~romott/page10.html
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>Ronnie Brown
>173 Elite RG 112 hours and time to do the first "Condition Inspection"
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:tmartino@troubleshooter.com>Tom Martino
>To: <mailto:reflector@www.tvbf.org>reflector@www.tvbf.org
>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 7:54 PM
>Subject: REFLECTOR:WEIGHT & BALANCE
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>I bought a kit in progress, along with manuals, etc.
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>With the help of professionals and consultation of factory reps, I am
>nearing completion (minus pain and interior).
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>I have looked through my paperwork and cannot find weight and balance
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>I simply want a CG envelope and the reference "datum" used by the factory,
>along with maximum gross weight.
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>With these pieces of information, I plan on simply doing an empty weight,
>calculating the empty CG and proceeding with various loading scenarios.
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>Does anyone have the W&B info I am seeking?
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