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Weighing RV12
I'm the third owner of an RV12, I would like to weigh and recalculate the W+B, I know to drain fuel and remove non essentials, my question is what type of scales were used? ...thanks
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Scales
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Followup...search the forums for "weighing" and "scales". Also get a copy of the RV-12 Production Acceptance Procedures (PAP) for the -12. I'm pretty sure that's where the procedure is. Good luck! |
I'm wondering if regular digital bathroom scales cane be used or something else designed for aircraft weighing is required.
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Some bathroom scales shut off after a minute. That does not give enough time to read the weight before it disappears.
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Use two good quality bath scales
Use two good quality bath scales
Put blocks of the same height of the scales on a level surface under the main wheels and one scale under the nose wheel and record the weight, then remove the first scale and re-weigh with the other scale. If the weigh the same it should be a good number. Repeat under each main. Joe Dallas |
i think weighing with one scale is fine [that's how i did it] but remember to block up the 2 wheels not being weighed the thickness of the scale to keep everything level at each weighing
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Not necessarily
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Also be sure to relieve any side pressure from the gear legs. In principle this shouldn?t matter, but with real-world scales it might. |
I used bathroom scales. I had three and took three readings rotating the scales so that I had one earring from each scale at each wheel. Then I averaged the three readings at each position for the aw&B calf. I reasoned that would average out scale errors.
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?Reading? not ?earring?. Don?t ya love spellcheck!🧐
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