I recently purchased a Skybolt with a partner.
It has a 0-540 and constant speed prop. When we worked the CG calculations it's nose heavy.
Empty weight is 1340 and empty CG is 11" forward of the low wing leading edge.
With a 200 lb pilot (me) and full fuel the CG is 5" ahead of the leading edge. I believe the limits are 3" forward to 2.5" aft.
My partner has flown it a couple of times and says it flys fine. Apparently it's been flying like this for years.
So my questions are:
How concerned should I be about this?
What are the adverse effect of a forward CG?
Where and how is a good way to add weight to compensate?
It has a 0-540 and constant speed prop. When we worked the CG calculations it's nose heavy.
Empty weight is 1340 and empty CG is 11" forward of the low wing leading edge.
With a 200 lb pilot (me) and full fuel the CG is 5" ahead of the leading edge. I believe the limits are 3" forward to 2.5" aft.
My partner has flown it a couple of times and says it flys fine. Apparently it's been flying like this for years.
So my questions are:
How concerned should I be about this?
What are the adverse effect of a forward CG?
Where and how is a good way to add weight to compensate?
