C-150 nosewheel weight

pmanton

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I have to move a C-150 into my hangar for a while. Can anyone tell me the typical weight on the nose wheel? I'll probably have to put the nose wheel
on a block to get the tail down a bit. I'd hate to put it on something that would collapse.:hairraise:

Thanks

Paul
Salome, AZ
 
Likely no more than 60 or 70 pounds. I can easily lift the nosewheel by lifting the prop.
 
Pilawt said:
Not a 150, but the last time my 172N was weighed, it showed 537.5 lb on the nosewheel, and about 625 on each of the mains.
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Good grief. A 172N with an empty weight of 1787 pounds? And a CG that would be a long ways ahead of the mains, too. Were the tanks full?
 
Dan Thomas said:
Good grief. A 172N with an empty weight of 1787 pounds? And a CG that would be a long ways ahead of the mains, too. Were the tanks full?
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1977 177B with empty tanks was over 400 pounds on the nose after being leveled
 
pmanton said:
One with other airplanes in it
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Area available maybe, but he said the tail must come down by lifting the nose? that means a door hight issue. I've never seen a hangar with a door less than 10' have you?
 
Tom-D said:
Area available maybe, but he said the tail must come down by lifting the nose? that means a door hight issue. I've never seen a hangar with a door less than 10' have you?
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The hangar I sold a couple of years ago had a door height of less than 8 feet, and it was also only 25 feet deep. There was a beam across the ceiling, halfway back, that had only about 7 feet under it. Made it very hard to sell, since it was built to house a Champ, just barely. It fit my Jodel just fine, but few GA airplanes are that small.
 
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