---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 11/12/17: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:28 PM - CofG Question (Sort of) (kearney) 2. 05:31 PM - Re: CofG Question (Sort of) (Jesse Saint) 3. 06:27 PM - Re: CofG Question (Sort of) () ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:28:17 PM PST US Subject: RV10-List: CofG Question (Sort of) From: "kearney" Hi I have my -10 project on a dolly and am planning to get it up on its wheels in the next couple of weeks. I have the tail cone (but not the feathers) attached and am wondering how tippy it will be if there is no engine attached. Any comments? If I need to add ballast to the nose till I get an engine, is there any preferred way to do this? Cheers Les C-GROK (now officially in fiberglass hell) C-GCWZ flying Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=474863#474863 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:31:18 PM PST US From: Jesse Saint Subject: Re: RV10-List: CofG Question (Sort of) It=99s not tippy side to side at all. You need to prop the tail up unt il you get the engine on. You would need several hundred pounds on the nose t o hold the tail up in a stable way. I would just put a stand on the tail lik e in he attached picture. Jesse Saint Saint Aviation, Inc. 352-427-0285 jesse@saintaviation.com Sent from my iPad > On Nov 12, 2017, at 7:27 PM, kearney wrote: > > > Hi > > I have my -10 project on a dolly and am planning to get it up on its wheel s in the next couple of weeks. > > I have the tail cone (but not the feathers) attached and am wondering how t ippy it will be if there is no engine attached. > > Any comments? If I need to add ballast to the nose till I get an engine, i s there any preferred way to do this? > > Cheers > > Les > > C-GROK (now officially in fiberglass hell) > C-GCWZ flying > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=474863#474863 > > > > > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:27:58 PM PST US From: Subject: Re: RV10-List: CofG Question (Sort of) Hey Les, I needed to maneuver the plane w/out wings or tail feathers in and out of the shop during painting and w/out the engine. So I lashed two 5 gal. jugs of water onto the engine mount to counter the tail. It was just enough so that I could push down on the tail to raise the front wheel ... easily steered it from the tail. Used a small prop under the tail tie down so that I could temporarily install the vert and rudder to tape off stripes matching the fuse. Later, - Lew -----Original Message----- From: kearney Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 7:27 PM Subject: RV10-List: CofG Question (Sort of) Hi I have my -10 project on a dolly and am planning to get it up on its wheels in the next couple of weeks. I have the tail cone (but not the feathers) attached and am wondering how tippy it will be if there is no engine attached. Any comments? If I need to add ballast to the nose till I get an engine, is there any preferred way to do this? Cheers Les ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv10-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV10-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv10-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv10-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.