I am about to weigh my plane as I am getting close to getting my AW certificate. I have been reading everything I can find on weights and balancing and I think I have a grasp on the concept. I was playing with the Excel spreadsheet on the Kitfox site, just kind of plugging numbers in. The site says that for a KF 4-1200 the CG is 10.2 forward and 16 aft. So if my thinking is correct...when I weigh my plane, hopefully the CG will fall in between 10.2 and 16 right? And then when I load it, it should still fall between 10.2 and 16 correct? As I change the numbers, I noticed that the closer I kept the empty CG to 10.2, the more room I had for a heavier passenger and baggage. Seems this is a good thing? Is it advisable to rearrange things to get the empty CG as close to 10.2 as possible? Also the Datum says lead edge. Mine has the plastic streamlined lead edge under the fabric. So do I measure from the lead edge of the plastic or measure from the spar?

Thanks Jerry