REFLECTOR: Weight and Balance

[Scott Baker]

Nose weight, in and of itself, is not an indicator of where the aircraft is 
situated in the CG envelope.
Nose weight is influenced (for the most part) by the rear wheel axle 
location; the heaviness of the engine; and the heaviness of the equipment in 
the nose section of the aircraft, including the instrument panel.  It is 
possible to have a heavy (or light) nose wheel weight and be comfortably 
inside the recommended CG.
SB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Ferrell" <reflector at velocityxl.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR: Weight and Balance


>I would really like to get some example of weight and balances for other
> XL's that have fixed pitch props (I've got a parallel valve 540 with a
> Catto).  I've done my W&B, and although the total weight seems
> reasonable, I'm coming out very nose heavy, and my test pilot (Dave
> Bertram) says his RG can fly with 4-200lbs guys in it (and he flys with
> 40 lbs of ballast in the nose solo)....  My nose weight is over 100 lbs
> when empty, and my empty arm is in the the flight box, and apparently
> the empty arm should be well aft of the flight envelope.
>
> Brett
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