Dan Gervae
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Upper Peninsula of Michigan
What method is correct to do Wright and balance on floats? Do you use 4 scales? And where are they placed? Or, do you find center of buoyancy and place at empty cg? Looking for a little guidance
Just put a piece of heavy wall PVC pipe under the floats, roll it back and forth until you find the balance point. That's the CG. Go fly.
That would depend on whether you buy it by the sheet or the roll. 8)What would the paperwork look like after doing that?
Gary
Easiest way is to put it on wheels and weigh it.....
Unless it's going back on wheels, that doesn't seem so easy.
I'd say 4 scales, 2 under each float.
Measure the arms, record the weights, do the math.
Just like on wheels.
After possibly multiple calculated W&B changes,
IMHO actually weighing the airplane is a good idea.
Just put a piece of heavy wall PVC pipe under the floats, roll it back and forth until you find the balance point. That's the CG. Go fly.