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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Log 67 - Weight & Balance

It's time for W&B. Dan Thomas let me use the RV club's scales made for weighing planes...simple scales and lever bars. Thanks Jason Yeo, coworker, for coming by to help. We put the cowlings on, flaps on, belly panel on for the first time, set all other fairings on the plane close to locations. Next, rolled the plane on the scales, leveled to waterline 100 so the tailwheel was about 4 ft. high. recorded each wheel and distances aft for wheels relative to engine firewall. This was all a great accomplishment. All done around 1000 lbs empty weight. Today's photos start around HERE .

2 comments:

  1. pielit30 December, 2012

    Great job so far Russ. Are you planning on painting? If so, it will change your W&B.
    I was thinking that you should leave a large spot not painted (if you paint), put a light inside to show your diaphanous plane, if you fly at night. Some kind of emblem/logo or something.

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  2. russ gelfan30 December, 2012

    Hi David,
    Thank You for the compliments and advise. What a great idea to have the plane glow from the inside. So far, the plan is to stay white with decals instead of paint. Yes, Diaphanous is a good look and maybe a good name for the plane too!

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I welcome your constructive idea's and comments, thanks.

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