Weight and Balance

I weighed the Skyote yesterday sans paint and covering. The empty weight (with engine oil) is currently 579 pounds. Assuming that paint and covering will weigh 60 pounds, I project a finished empty weight of 638 pounds with an empty plane C.G. of 15.5". According to the info supplied by Pete Bartoe, N27PB weighs 641 pounds empty with a C.G. of 12.3 inches.

I did the calculations for "normal" and extreme forward and extreme aft loadings. I distributed the projected 60 pounds additional for paint and fabric by area and location relative to the datum. The following table shows the results. (Click to enlarge.)


Here is a graph of the same data.


Note that the extreme forward condition is with a 100# pilot, no baggage and 100# fuel. The extreme aft position is with a 225# pilot, 20# baggage and 13# fuel, both of which are unrealistically extreme.

I am very pleased that the projected normal loading is right in the middle of the range at 19.5" while the extreme conditions are also still in the allowable range. It looks like NX88NX will be very forgiving of variations in loading.