Suggestions. A.H. and D.G. are heavy if present. Check if it has had a repaint. There is a Gyro mount box behind the rear panel of the parcel shelf. The panel is held in by 4 screws (the panel also secures the Fuel Tank.) Take it off and make sure there is nothing in there. If the box is missing that is even better. Look at the size and type of battery as that can be an issue. Early aircraft had Coconut Husk for stuffing the seat cushions. It is heavy and there are lighter foams available that will serve the safety aspects of impact absorption. The aircraft I listed weights for were all changed to foam. Check the Log book for repair history. However my observation of repairs by German Shops is that they have been of high quality and generally don't end up gaining too much weight but of course it does depend on the extent of the repair.
Finally weigh it yourself just to make sure the info is correct and current. I recently weighed an aircraft where the previous engineer did it with 15KG of fuel in the tank. Problem was he didn't take it off to get the empty weight and also didn't determine the moment and take that into account in the final C of G for the aircraft. Thus the numbers were all wrong. Better to check yourself. Cheers. Nige. ----- Original Message ----- From: neville swan To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [DOG mailing list] Empty weight. Thank you all for the response . Now I am really puzzled as to where all this extra weight is hiding! Neville.
