Peter Grylls
Member
Hi guys, happy new year.
I have recently purchased a very well built but rather "rotund" Rv4. It is a rather "vanilla", wooden prop, 150hp basic aircraft. After doing the w & b it has come in at a rather "portly" 1019 lbs. This seems pretty heavy for a pretty basic aircraft but I can't really figure where all the weight is.
My biggest concern is that it is carrying about 66lbs on the tailwheel which is very limiting as to rear passenger weight.
My question is what is a relatively normal weight on the rear wheel. I am aware that it will vary quite a bit from plane to plane, but is there a ballpark figure?
I have inspected the rear end for ballast etc. but apart from a strobe lamp everything is pretty basic. The aircraft has a pretty nice paint job, but wouldn't that add weight proportionally?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
I have recently purchased a very well built but rather "rotund" Rv4. It is a rather "vanilla", wooden prop, 150hp basic aircraft. After doing the w & b it has come in at a rather "portly" 1019 lbs. This seems pretty heavy for a pretty basic aircraft but I can't really figure where all the weight is.
My biggest concern is that it is carrying about 66lbs on the tailwheel which is very limiting as to rear passenger weight.
My question is what is a relatively normal weight on the rear wheel. I am aware that it will vary quite a bit from plane to plane, but is there a ballpark figure?
I have inspected the rear end for ballast etc. but apart from a strobe lamp everything is pretty basic. The aircraft has a pretty nice paint job, but wouldn't that add weight proportionally?
Thanks for any help you can offer.