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Re: Europa-List: RE: Weight and balance

Subject: Re: Europa-List: RE: Weight and balance
From: Fred Klein <freddythek10@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:16:17

BillI presume youre fully aware of this, but I was astonished to see how the 
weight
on the tailwheel varied when the airframe was out of level (fore and aft)Im
sure youll find the gremlin soonF.

> On Mar 25, 2019, at 5:05 PM, Martin Tuck <MJKTuck@cs.com> wrote:
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> You can probably confirm the tail wheel weight with bathroom scales. Sounds a
little heavy to me if it really is 78 lb.
> 
> For reference, mine was 68 lb. Main was 744 lb. for a CG at 59.67 in.
> 
> Best,
> Martin Tuck
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 25, 2019, at 5:15 PM, Erich Trombley <erichdtrombley@juno.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Bill,
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>> Something is definitely wonky.  I would start by checking your scales.  You
noted in the original email a total weight of 801 lbs.  However, in a subsequent
post you break out the weight for the main wheel at 683 lbs and 78.5 lbs at
the tail wheel.   This only sums to 761.5.  Where did the other 40 lbs go?  
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Erich 
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