Believe also that the increased inertial moment (in yaw) can be
significant too. Ivan Shaw found it to be undesirable, especially for
the monowheel. Tail wheel aircraft have their issues (to quote
Seinfeld, not that there's anything wrong with that!), but one
shouldn't want to be swinging steel up front and lead in the back too.
Regards,
Fred F., A063
> Message text written by Al Fuller
> >Would any of you know the weight of a 912S/914, firewall forward?
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> It all depends what is included. I think it is fair to say that the weight
> penalty for a Subaru is 50 to 70lbs over a 912. Also a weight increase so
> far forward meant the battery being placed at the rear of the fuselage
> resulting in very long battery leads with associated cranking losses.
>
> Nigel Charles
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