I'm no aerodynamicist but seems to me the proper way to fix this problem
is simply to move the wings forward. Either that or shorten the tail.
Using hydrogen or helium instead of air in the tires will help with
buoyancy, which might help. This has the side benefit of increasing the
service
My three hour round trip last weekend presented the perfect
opportunity for me to check my fuel burn and verify my fuel gauge
readings. At the airport today I leveled the KR and pumped the tanks
dry into a calibrated fuel can. I started the trip with nearly full
tanks, which I seldom do.
Get it weighed and balanced professionally!!!
Why is it so tail heavy...there has to be a reason??
It's your life mate.
John Martindale
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Toormina NSW 2452
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I think I would add fuel capacity instead of ballast. Emergency fuel would be a
real safety advantage in my world. Peter
The problem with using fuel as ballast is that human nature makes you think
of that fuel as a reserve...it's not. If you require fuel to maintain cg
then it has to be considered unburnable...burn it and you die.
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At 08:31 AM 5/9/2015, you wrote:
>I think I would add fuel capacity instead of ballast. Emergency fuel
>would be a real safety advantage in my world. Peter
>
If the fuel is needed for ballast to keep the CG
At 08:07 AM 5/9/2015, you wrote:
>Ballast isn't necessarily a bad thing...many commercial airlineers have
>ballast or provisions for ballast.
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And high performance sail planes sometimes carry water ballast for
better performance but
Ballast isn't necessarily a bad thing...many commercial airlineers have
ballast or provisions for ballast. I have finally sold the air force on
installing 1000 lbs of ballast on the AWACS. Saves carrying 5000 lbs of
dead weight in the form of unburnable fuel.
At 07:35 PM 5/8/2015, you wrote:
>Completed the installation of 26 pound ballast on the nose gear
>support struts and 23 pounds ballast on the right side engine mount,
>clamped in place with AN4 bolts. Total ballast is 49 pounds.
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