weight and balance

  1. Boundary Waters

    Luscombe Weight and Balance

    I recently purchased part of an 8A... It was an aircraft well known to me and it was undergoing a rather major annual, which explains how the funds I had available to invest got me in the door. (I just completed my Private in a Taylorcraft, so I am "untainted" by electrical systems or...
  2. K

    weight and balance

    I have a 175 with the Lycoming conversion. the Constant Speed Prop is very heavy and makes the aircraft nose heavy. Has anyone gotten a Field Approval to add weight in the tail section to compensate?
  3. B

    Garmin Pilot App - Weight and Balance Errors

    Newer student here, I'm flying a 172N and approaching solo. So that means calculate everything. I have Garmin Pilot App installed. When I input my data, the app gives me an "incorrect" datum or CG. I'm getting about 11 aft CG from my paper calculations, which puts me out of CG. Using the...
  4. G

    EarthX Certified Aircraft

    Any of ya’all gotten a an EarthX and 337 for certified? I’m looking to put one in the Gru’ to offset the weight of some upcoming panel improvements. Edit: Also interested in honest opinions of the batteries and tech. Not going to just take the word of EarthX for it. :rolleyes...
  5. IK04

    I need a sample weight and balance sheet for a Cessna 140.

    Howdy, I am adapting an Excel workbook for my C-140, and I need some examples in order to get the functions right for the formulas. Any of you 140 owners got copies of your weight and balance data I can use to get this done? Thanks!
  6. H

    weighing a plane

    I came into possession of a large amount of strain gauges and I wondering what to do with them. Thinking about putting them into a wheatstone bridge and making a scale. each gauge is rated to 50 kg so was thinking of making 5 bridges which would weigh 1000 kg. Is there a market for weighing...
  7. J

    IA: Weight & Balance, Equipment List, Record Review

    Hi, I have a more technical question in regards to a general aircraft annual inspection performed by an IA and the Weight and Balance / Records Review. Let's say a customer brings there rotorcraft for an annual inspection. The IA will be performing the maintenance and signing out under Part 65...
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