Renkou1
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Used some good aircraft scales and found that the last weight of 763 pounds is correct. As an 1100 pound gross wt ac that means my lady and I can put enough fuel in the ac to taxi to end of runway.
I need the a gross wt increase. At least the first increase.
Inspection of the landing gear attach fittings indicates they are modified in accordance with the appropriate drawings for the 50# increase.
The wing struts all have recently inspected 7/16 clevises and the struts were Maule tested. So the bottom ends of the struts should be good for the 70# increase.
One of the rear wing struts has the round tube non- strap top end. Does this disqualify the strut for the weight increase?
The way I understand this wt increase business is: no matter how strong the gear is if the struts are not done for that increase there is NO increase possible. Correct?
Also I did a wt and balance computation that I didn't think needed doing because the empty wt falls in the empty wt limits....sitting in the back seat at 200 #s I'm 1.76 inches out of the rear C.G. limits. This explains my running out of nose down trim as my fuel is used.
I'm about that far inside the rear limit if I sit in the front seat.
Working on getting smarter here.
I need the a gross wt increase. At least the first increase.
Inspection of the landing gear attach fittings indicates they are modified in accordance with the appropriate drawings for the 50# increase.
The wing struts all have recently inspected 7/16 clevises and the struts were Maule tested. So the bottom ends of the struts should be good for the 70# increase.
One of the rear wing struts has the round tube non- strap top end. Does this disqualify the strut for the weight increase?
The way I understand this wt increase business is: no matter how strong the gear is if the struts are not done for that increase there is NO increase possible. Correct?
Also I did a wt and balance computation that I didn't think needed doing because the empty wt falls in the empty wt limits....sitting in the back seat at 200 #s I'm 1.76 inches out of the rear C.G. limits. This explains my running out of nose down trim as my fuel is used.
I'm about that far inside the rear limit if I sit in the front seat.
Working on getting smarter here.
