Can anyone tell me whether the arguments in favour of keeping the battery in
front of the firewall are invalid when an Arplast V/P prop have been
installed. It's a bit late to choose the layout when doing the weight and
balance checks. H
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From: <BRYNALL@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Fuel system layout
> Dear Rob.
>
> To answer your questions about my weight and balance.
>
> 1/ Yes I am between COG with the battery behind the bulkhead, but loading
> luggage up to the limit with full fuel, and normal sized people starts to
> push the centre of gravity behind where it should be. Conversely, there is
no
> loading configuration in my Europa which sends the cog in front of the
> recommended position. By calculation i can see that moving the battery to
the
> engine compartment will enable me to load up to the full 1370 pounds with
far
> more freedom. I can also remove three yards of thick wire, thus enabling
me
> to carry even more sandwiches.
> The CoG problem is only a minor irritation, which is most obvious when
> you don't have a passenger
>
> 2/. The aeroplane weighed in at 794 pounds, but I do not know how typical
> that is. The battery is a 17 ah unit from RS.
> It is a 912S.
> The panel is fairly typical, per usual Europa layout.
>
> Hope this helps. Best regards.....Bryan Allsop PS. Oops! Perhaps I
> should have put water in the engine as well as the fuel tank.
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