REFLECTOR: Weighed my airplane today...

Terry Miles terrence_miles at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 21 08:08:58 CST 2009


Congrats.  I added battery wgt like that too.  Also thanks for the tip on
where to find scales

Terry

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Douglas Holub
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:20 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Weighed my airplane today...

 

and it's all good. 1258 lbs without oil, fuel, top coat, interior side
panels, and interior headliner. But the best part is that with fuel at worst
case C.G. (20 gallons in my case), a 175 lb pilot flying solo puts the C.G.
at 119.9 inches. No need for ballast! 

 

Last week I weighed the airplane and found that I would need about 20 lbs of
ballast at the canard bulkhead when flying solo, so I bought a bigger
nose-mounted battery. It's heavier by 8 lbs, but at least it's useful lead.

 

I rented the scales from Avery Tools here in Fort Worth. They are calibrated
scales designed for weighing race cars. They have a digital read out and
work great. $100 per use, and he'll ship them anywhere in the U.S.

 

Doug Holub

99.9% done, 1% to go

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