Sandbags strapped into the co-pilot seat spot, full fuel & a full 35lb suitcase (or whatever your baggage limit is) in your baggage area is probably the most realistic method I can think of....
I bought a program called 'winn balance' to do my initial W&B stuff, when I get to that point... It costs $14.99, and uses the readout from 3 bathroom scales to compute W&B numbers..... On 2/12/2012 5:35 PM, Dan Heath wrote: > I believe that to satisfy your gross weight, you must test the plane to that > gross weight along with a W&B of the plane at the time of the test. I still > need to test my plane to the 1200 # gross weight that I have arbitrarily set > for it. I tried to go to the EAA site for help, but they have so many log > ins for so many different parts of the web site that I could not find > anything. > > > > So my question to all you who are currently flying your KR and have > established your Gross Weight, how did you test for that weight? I think it > is a very scary thing to fill your cabin with heavy junk, so I know there > must be a safe way, but I have never heard it discussed. > > > > > > See N64KR at<http://krbuilder.org/> http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on > the pics > > See you at the 2012 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN - 40th > Anniversary > > There is a time for building and it is over. > > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://mylist.net/private/krnet/ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
