I was fortunate in the fact that I had a five gallon tank in each wing stub in addition to a 15 gallon header tank. I had no intentions of ever flying with a passenger and fuel in the wing tanks so that made things a little easier. With full fuel in the tanks during the testing that brought me 60 pounds closer without having to worry about securing it. I also got the rest by two cement blocks on the seat and a five gallon drywall bucket on top of them filled with water and the lid securely on. I was able to put the seat belt around it and wrap it around the bucket handle so it was pretty secure. Certainly not the best way, but it worked. Ideal would be a crash test dummy, but i don't happen to have one.
Lead shot if you have a bunch is a good way to get the weight without taking up a bunch of room. We have two 25 pound bags of lead shot at the glider club that we put under the front seat of the gliders if the front passenger is under 140 pounds. I used them in my Midget mustang under my seat cushion where they didn't take up much room and were not going to move anywhere. If you can get ahold of enough lead I suspect that you can get up to 200 pounds in a 5 gallon bucket and secure it adequately. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Dan Heath Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 7:17 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR> Steve Jones' Crash You are absolutely right. It is dangerous. I look back at when I tested the Little Beast, and I am ashamed to tell you that I used concrete blocks. Every time I look back on that, it scares me. To think that I could have used such bad judgement. What if I had suffered a rough landing and those things had started having a mind of their own? What a horrible thought. I am going to put sand in a pair of pants and secure it with the seat belt. Then I am going to add a shirt sewn and filled with sand and have it secured with the seat and shoulder harness. I am going to tie the legs and arms together so they won't flop around so much. The only thing is that I need to get as much weight as Jerry and that is going to be hard to do. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building is over. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -------Original Message------- Every time I see someone on the list talk about sandbags in the cockpit I always worry about the darn things shifting around and as we all know it doesn't take much shifting around, not to mention a loose 50 pound bag of sand, in a KR to make things interesting for the pilot. _______________________________________ 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
