Minimax 1100r Wood Aircraft Build - Weight and Balance

In Minimax 1100r Wood Aircraft Build - Weight and Balance I purchase some new scales and better support the tail with great results.
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[@JETHO321]

Very very happy to see that this panned out! I cant wait to see it take its first flight.

[@brushitoff503]

Dennis mate this was bloody fantastic to watch & yes I watched it again.

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

Looking GOOOOOOD! 😁👍👍🇺🇲

[@jimhumphrey]

I feel much relieved for you sir. I think there is a lesson learned for all of us. We must step back and analyze our work when something seems amiss.

[@SuzWhat]

That is great news. The plane looks awesome. Thanks for sharing! Peace and love..Suz What ☮️💛

[@agp7073]

Congrats Dennis I’ve been watching since the beginning and enjoyed your journey. We’ll done you’re getting close to that first flight!!

[@edmondthompson1523]

Nice work.

[@azarsepehr2065]

dennis good luck with your work

[@RubyS.1]

Really neat

[@davidquerry8869]

What, no footage of you sitting in the seat, going VRMMM, VRMMMM. I know it happened. Great times.

[@wiseacredave]

Very nice explanation of the W&B procedure. So if I understand the process, the CG datum is the leading edge of the wing. That makes sense because it's easily accessible. Then the only two distance data points used to find the CG are the main wheels and the tail wheel, with the moment arms being the distance from the wheels to the wing leading edge datum. Then the position of the wings themselves is accounted for by calculating the CG as a percentage of the chord. Simple! Wayne Ison must have independently calculated what percentage-of-chord was acceptable. An interesting method!

[@brushitoff503]

Well for Fark's Sake @

[@flyingkub]

So you have to do all this again with the aircraft completly empty and with it full of fuel to get the moment for the pilot and fuel so you / other can calculate if they are within CofG limits with diffenant fuel and pilot combinations. Good video and so happy you are within, without the engine move.

[@lynngarner316]

Dennis, the booklet that contains your W & B sheet..did you put that together or is it available from TEAM? I don't recall seeing the chart you refer to at minute

[@pgltdrew581]

Can you explain your graph at 27.30 sir? It says Total Weight "including" Pilot. Wouldn't you be in B category or off the scale? Not picking, just trying to understand. I am so excited for you.

[@orangestoneface]

or build a plane from old bike frames . or timber ..two by four frame or ...some way simpler construction just crude wood and plyplates as wings , in a strong simple way l guess not glue then ,maybe just test strenght of timbers by weight test in middle see if cracks , .. would it work for a few flies at least , fun vid for youtube safer to remote control with man weight sandbag in seat. or old plane wings on old car drive till lifts no propeller j8

[@vg23air]

So the empty weight of that plane is 535.6 lbs ?