looking to see how others have attached weight to the tail. My CG is such that it a 3-point landing is nearly impossible. Any one have any solutions?
looking to see how others have attached weight to the tail. My CG is such that it a 3-point landing is nearly impossible. Any one have any solutions?
Dive weights are easy to strap down with some large zip ties. Another option is a steel plate and adel clamps.
Jeff
KF 5
340KF
Install a gap seal between horizontal and elevator. Don't use full flaps; 1/2 flaps work fine.
Jim Ott
Portland, OR
Kitfox SS7 flying
Rotax 912ULS
I would like to caution those adding weighty objects especially in the empennage to secure them with more than zip ties or even adel clamps . The forces during flight are more than you think as you can see from my old post above from 2012. I now make up "dutchman clamps" for attaching any weighty objects in my airplane. Bruce N199CL
I agree with you Bruce. I thought the same thing when I saw they wanted to install the battery tray with adel clamps. zip ties aren't a good idea, they will age and break.
What are Dutchman clamps?
Phil Nelson
A&P-IA, Maintenance Instructor
KF 5 Outback, Cont. IO-240
Flying since 2016
If you have a pneumatic tail wheel,fill it with antifreeze. An extra leaf for the tail Spring also helps.
I have 15 pound of ballast in the tail, and it's secured by 8 mock Adel clamps that I made
out of 4130, pretty sure if the ballast tears loose I have very serious "other" problems
The ballast I have is a 2" square tube filled with lead and that I welded tabs onto
For my airplane with IO-240B it was well worth the effort to install it.
Jeff
Thank you Jeff Awesome idea!