REFLECTOR: Wgt and Bal

Brian Michalk michalk at awpi.com
Mon Nov 24 09:56:29 CST 2008


Sounds like an ace job on the filler.
Mine is not painted, so the story is not over yet.  I also did not weigh 
with wheelpants.
I can't wait to see your plane.  Sounds like you are getting close.

nmflyer1 at aol.com wrote:
>
> Brian,
>
> Considering all you did, it sounds pretty good. I think it is pretty 
> easy to exceed the proposed weight on the 173, specially when you 
> outfit things nicely.
>
> I built my own wings/winglets/canard. I was staring at them for a 
> while before I decided to fill the weave in the wings with Superfill. 
> I bought a 3 gallon kit, and used a taping knife with Lots of pressure 
> to force the filler into the weave, without filling above the top of 
> the wing.
>
> Once I was done, you could see the stripes in the wing from the Triax, 
> with the superfill in the valleys of the layup.
> I then sanded all of it lightly to knock off the high spots and prep 
> for the next batch. Believe it or not, the wings, winglets, canard 
> took almost all 3 of those gallons. I swept up the shop after sanding 
> and only recovered about a dixie cup worth of material!  I think that 
> step alone saved me over 10 pounds.
>
> I'm curious to see how my bird weighs out. I'll let you know when I 
> get to that point. Right now I am prepping for paint and upholstery, 
> and finishing up a little wiring. I'll wait to weigh mine until it has 
> paint and interior. Is yours painted?
>
> I'd like to see it.... Hint..
>
> keep up the good work.  
>
> Kurt Winker
> 173 FGE Aluminum V-6
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 9:41 am
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Wgt and Bal
>
> Well, it came out as bad as I had hoped.
>
> This is a standard elite, fixed gear, Franklin/IVO.
> confor foam seats
> sound deadening material overhead and on firewall
> dual batteries
> turbo
> dual intercoolers
> wings built by Charlie Gray ... last set he produced
>
> My empty weight with unusable fuel and oil is 1550lbs.
> I was secretly hoping to not hit 1600 lbs.
>
> The balance if pretty good.  Juanita flying solo will be at the aft
> limit.  I'll have to test that to see if it's prudent for her to carry
> ballast.
>
> I was surprised to see the ARM move by about two inches while filling
> the main tanks.  First 5 gallons, the arm is 125".  At 30 gallons, the
> arm is 123.2".
>
> There are tons of modifications.  All add their own two cents worth of
> weight.
>
> Terry Miles wrote:
> > Brian,
> > 
> > How did the wgt and bal come out?
> > 
> > Terry
> > 
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