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    Right on Bryan, that would be pretty sweet to be there at the same time. Being that I only need 1 hour Paul suggested he could squeeze me in after someone else goes out for the day. It should be a real quick trip but keep me informed. If you find a slot maybe I could try to swing it during your trip and spend an extra night and we could hang in downtown Boise. Kinda neat down there at night. Im on vacation Mar 2-11 so nothing but white sand beaches for me then.
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    So, having the project 15 miles from home has had a bigger impact than I had figured on.
    In addition to lots of family stuff, I don’t seem to make it to the hangar as much as I would like. And, when I do
    I seem to need things that are back at home. Carpenter square was what I needed yesterday. Had to run to Home depot.
    Good news is, the FAA is still registering newly built airplanes. I did expect my registration sooner than four weeks so I made a call. Long story short, send every document they need at the same time. Because I sent one document a day later, my packet was slipped into the new registration pile which takes about 2 months. Since I reserved my N number last year the registration application becomes priority and it should have been finished by now. They kindly pulled it out of the big pile and they tell me I should have it shortly.
    I did my W&B numbers yesterday. Does this sound like par for the course? I came out having numbers like 14.3” as my planes empty CG.

    UH OH, things are getting serious now. I just looked on the FAA site and find that I am registered as of 1/22/19!
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    Seems way to tail heavy. Did you use a negative number for the mains? Can you show the math?
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    Eddie,

    Nice photo! Plane looks great.

    FWIW - empty CG on our S7 Trigear was 10.55 @885#

    That stuff will vary depending on equipment so not sure comparing individual planes tells a person much. Running a dual electrical system so that moves it forward a bit. In any case, found it impossible to exceed the forward limit.
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    At 14" you wouldn't be able to put 50lbs in the baggage area with no fuel and a 150lbs pilot. I think something is wrong. My empty is 7.03" My tail weight is 42 lbs. I'm trying to get more weight aft as that is an extreme example. If you watch Trent's Cub Killer videos, you can over hear John say the tail weight was right around where he wanted it at 64lbs
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    Eddie,

    my empty weight is 819# and the CG is 9.84”. Tailweight 59#. Like Josh said, the mains should be a negative moment.
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    Thank you guys. I figure Im doing something wrong pertaining to the mains. I will review.
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    FWIW Eddie here is mine

    cheers

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    I feel your pain Eddie. Moving my plane to the hangar has cut my time spent with it by more than half, and I'm constantly needing something I don't have. With a full time job and school-age kids, I don't think it would have been possible for me to build anywhere but at home.

    Let us know how the CG works out. I'll be doing this fairly soon. I need to track down some scales.
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    Here is mine as well. I also am feeling the plane being far away crunch. Even though I am flying, I'm constantly adjusting things. I'm in the middle of moving weight around and I can't believe how long it's been to get a 2 day job done!
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