GESchwarz
Well-Known Member
In designing my plane from scratch I am finding very early on that I have to determine where my CG will be so that I can place the wing.
Where can I look to find average aircraft component weights? If there isn't a list somewhere I suppose that I will have to sourcing weighing each component one by one.
My design is a two-seat tandem. As the pilot, I would like to sit in front. This presents a CG problem...How do I configure my design so as to minimize the impact of passenger/no passenger? I imagine that I will have to use balast in the no passenger situation. Do I place the wing back a little ways so that it's a tad nose heavy with no passenger and just right with passenger? How do they do it in the RV-4? I realize that designing for the passenger on the CG would make things a lot simpler, but with no passenger I'd have to sit in the back.
Where can I look to find average aircraft component weights? If there isn't a list somewhere I suppose that I will have to sourcing weighing each component one by one.
My design is a two-seat tandem. As the pilot, I would like to sit in front. This presents a CG problem...How do I configure my design so as to minimize the impact of passenger/no passenger? I imagine that I will have to use balast in the no passenger situation. Do I place the wing back a little ways so that it's a tad nose heavy with no passenger and just right with passenger? How do they do it in the RV-4? I realize that designing for the passenger on the CG would make things a lot simpler, but with no passenger I'd have to sit in the back.
