I weighed my tailplanes, using a fish scale. Got 8-1/2 lb. I tried also
using a bath scale, by both methods you cite. Got all sorts of readings, one
as little as 6. If you did the wet-out carefully as you say, I would leave
the bathroom scale in the bathroom and not worry about it.
Regards,
Fred FIllinger, #A063
On 2/11, Brain Rauchfuss wrote --
>I just got finished covering the 2nd skin of my left tailplane. I then
>got out the bathroom scale to measure it. 12 lbs! Looking through
>some previous messages on the list, I discover that at least one person
>has a completed tailplane at 9 lb plus 1 lb for the trim tab. That means
>that I am 20% too heavy!!
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