A few lbs?One person push down on H-tail and another puts block of wood under the end of the nose gear. Takes 10 seconds and can actually do it by myself, if I have too, by pushing down and then rolling it forward a couple inches to get it on the block.
Push down on spar. Only takes a few lbs to rotate the nose up.
A few lbs?
Guess I'm missing something as it took 200 lbs of salt to get my nose off the floor, and that was still not teetering. I'm done.10-20 lbs. That is a few. Your mileage may vary depending on your FWF installation.
Guess I'm missing something as it took 200 lbs of salt to get my nose off the floor, and that was still not teetering. I'm done.
Yep on the "laying on it" to get it down...specially when it's your butt (not your arms) doing the work Take careMath
Weight empty: 1000 lbs
I have 250 lbs on the nose gear from my weight and balance
Moment arm from mains to nose is 55"
total moment to over come weight on nose (250 X 55) is 13750 in-lbs
Distance from mains to tail 110" (guess as I do not have drawing in front of me)
Weight needed to raise nose 125 lbs (13750/110).
OK more then 20 but less then 200. Seems less as pushing down from above is a whole lot easier then pulling down from below.