>Weight and balance is probably one of the most neglected topics outside the
>qualifying exams. One rarely sees scales lying around at club airfields or
>pilots asking for weights of passengers and their baggage.
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>So all we need is one sensor on the mainwheel. Again the Europa provides us
>with an almost made-to-measure (sic) solution, the damper block. A
>measurement of the change in spacing of the plates with load gives a
>proportional (or at least calibrateable) reading of the load change.
Nice idea but surely we would need to take the deflection of the main wheel
into account, especially as it is such a soft tyre. I suppose you could
still do it via the damper, provided you knew how much the tyre absorbed for
a given weight.
Dave Watts 'XDY
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