Joe How much did that staples scale cost? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph H Horton" <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:34 AM Subject: KR> Re:N357CJ update
> Guy's > I finally got the plane to the airport this week, which is a log > story in it's self ( best told with beverage). It sure is a lot harder to > get things done now. But fortunately it is mostly finial assembly and > rigging. I bought a Staples freight scale this week that goes to 400 #. > I checked it with some know weights and it seems to be right on and > reliable. I took three weights at each wheel with the plane all leveled > up. The left wheel is 257#. The right wheel is 251#. And the Nose wheel > was 198#. The grand total is 706 LBS empty weight. This is also with > unusable fuel in the wings and header. At this point the plane is > essentially complete, painted,wheel pants,spinner,and oil. I'm a pretty > happy guy this morning as I have been planning on 735 to 750. On the bad > side the scale's were less than friendly to the pilot by adding more than > 10 lbs to his known weight I'll check the C/G numbers out latter today > when I find time to see if I built a useable airplane. > Here is a little Yee Ha-- Building up to the Big One. > Joe Horton, Coopersburg, Pa. > joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
