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keystone(at)gci.net
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:24 am Post subject: 801 on Full Lotus Floats

OH what a night.



Last night weighted my 801 on Full Lotus floats.  I just finished installing the floats.  Well, I still need to figure out how to lift the water rudder (the devil is in the details!)...  I took my 801 off floats and put it back on wheels.  I then weighed it again.  I weighed it from the lifting eyes I bolted to the main spar with a halibut scale I borrowed from the local fish cannery.  My left wing is still 20 lbs heaver than my right.  When lifting it from the main spar the force needed to balance the plane on the tail was downward.  It turns out the empty CG is 2-3" forward of the main spar.   



On floats the empty the weight is 1379 lbs  with the CG at 415 mm

On wheels the empty the weight is 1208 lbs with the CG at 396.2 mm



My 801 gained 33 lbs over the last 2 years.  Most of that was probably from changing from 8.00x6 tires to 8.5x6 tires on the mains. I also had 7 quarts of oil in the engine.   Who knows dirt and oil probably added a couple of pounds.  



When the lakes thaw up here I will put it back on floats.  I am really looking forward to float flying this year!



I need to send Nick a note and ask what the allowable gross weight is on floats.  I have heard it is often several hundred pounds heaver on floats than on wheels.  There is no way I will get to Vne on floats.



I wanted to be on wheels for the Valdez May Day fly-in.  I borrowed a climb prop so hopefully I will be sub 100' on my take off distance in the short field contest this year .  Last year I was 139'.

Bill Wilcox

N801BW

Valdez, AK 

250 hrs 

I'm ready to go to the beach!

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