Originally with bathroom scales with a board bridged across 2 scales to get them into a more accurate range. Weighed it again later on electronic scales when I had access. I now own electronic scales and will be doing a W&B in the next week or two for an Experimental that had the paperwork destroyed.
I did a W&B clinic for my previous EAA chapter one weekend. I weighed and calculated the W&B on 20 aircraft that weekend. While the guys at FSDO seem to poke fun at Experimentals being weighed on bathroom scales, I found that most certificated aircraft, when actually scaled usually weight 200 - 400# heavier than their W&B paperwork indicated. Usually the Experimentals were pretty close. -Jeff Scott Cherokee Village, AR > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 at 7:22 PM > From: "John Bouyea via KRnet" <[email protected]> > To: 'KRnet' <[email protected]> > Cc: "John Bouyea" <[email protected]> > Subject: KR> Weighing your airplane > > After the 2018 KR Gathering, several of us went to Paul Visk's place and > helped him with the job of weighing his project. I didn't ask where he got > the scales but we came up with numbers we found that we could believe. > > > > So I'm picking up on a question Keven Stohlhammer asked me and I'm posting > it to the group. > "What have any of you done to weigh your airplane and/ or project?" > > . I know some have used bathroom scales with varying degrees of > success > > . A Portland-area A&P has a set and he travels from place to place, > charging $150 + travel time. I guess that's cheaper than buying some > > . There's always getting your own, around $700 or more like > https://www.jegs.com/i/Proform/778/67650/10002/-1 and others > > Our local EAA chapter has an old broken. I've been trying to get them fixed. > Since early November. Glacial timeframes. > > Kevin's question begs your answer, "How did you get YOUR airplane -or > project- weighed with confidence? > Thanks. > > John Bouyea > KR2 - N5391M/ sold > KR2S - Project in restoration > OR81/ Hillsboro, OR > 2015 KR@MMV Gathering CoHost > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
