Original Posted By: kyle ray
Bob thank you on invfo on scales, i've been quite worried on them. ibought news one for the W&B, so far the #'s tells me I may need somewieght in the tail, we'll see...might move wing around and see whatcomes up, I'll keep you guys postedRobert B.---Seibert wrote:>> The bathroom scales are probably quite accurate!> I keep our chapter's scales here at my place for the chapter. Theyare beam> type grain scales and have been calibrated. I also made up a set ofbathroom> scales because I needed them when the chapter scales were out oforder. They> are $6.00 scales from Kmart. > We recently weighed a Kitfox using both systems. The difference was4 pounds!> Thats less than 1% error and not worth worrying about in a w&bcalculation.> I can't guarantee all scales are that accurate but there is a goodreality> check - weigh yourself on each one and make sure you get the samenumbers.> By far the most important part of a w&b on a taildragger is to havethe tail> elevated the correct amount. A couple of inches will really changemoment arms> on a high wing airplane.> Regards,> Bob Seibert> ________________________________________________________________________________