REFLECTOR: Weight and Balance Levelling
Scott Derrick
scott at tnstaafl.net
Mon Nov 10 18:14:22 CST 2008
Here's an excellent spreadsheet to do your weight and balance.
Can be used for any Velocity or canard airplane.
http://tnstaafl.net/canards/Weight&Bal.XLS
I wish I can remember who gave it to me because they did a bang up job!
Scott
Brian Michalk wrote:
> I'm planning on doing my weight and balance this weekend.
>
> I have not brushed up on exactly what needs to be done for the process,
> so I am starting here.
>
> 1) I'm assuming I need to level the plane fore/aft. What points do I
> use for levelling? left/right is easy.
>
>
> 2) I plan on measuring with full sump as baseline. Add fuel in
> increments. Also do a W&B with pilots. Of course all interior and
> accessories are installed. The plane is close to a "flying condition".
>
> 3) A buddy is bringing over his Cessna 210, and we're going to use that
> for the fuel, and then return it after we are finished. I have not yet
> done fuel flow testing, and did not want to mess with a full load of
> fuel in the plane.
>
> Any comments on procedure?
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