Yes- I recall Dan Dhiel (sorry for spelling Dan) back in the '80's talking about doing just that.......he physically balanced his KR on a roller mounted on trestles in order to verify the c of g location.
Mac Wood On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 9:06 PM, dfeiger via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > Question: has anyone tried balancing a KR to see if it is correct? > > Before my first flight of my mostly stock KR2 on September 28, 1984. I > built a small wood cradle that supported the fuselage at the outer fuselage > edges, tied it for and aft so it could not slip, and placed a large dowel > cross wise at the design CG. This set on a sturdy stand and with the > aircraft tethered for and aft with enough slack to allow about a four inch > up/down tilt at the spinner nose. With the aircraft in a ready to fly setup > but without any fuel I got in and found that by leaning fore ward and aft I > could rock it. With the landing gear in the up position I had to lean only > slightly more fore ward to get it to tilt ahead. This confirmed my weight > and balance calculations and removed all doubt to that fact before first > flight. > > With 30 1/2 years and 1496.7 logged hours on KR2 N39426 to date the above > proved to be exact. > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
