On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 04:06:31 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

it cost over $500 to weigh the plane

$500 to weigh your plane? Yikes!

You need to cultivate a relationship with your local EAA chapter.

Those guys usually have scales, which they will usually part with for a few
hours in exchange for a reasonable "fee".

Like a case of good beer, or a fine bottle of Scotch... ;-)
Of course if it's a spam can you need some one qualified to sign off
the weighing.

Weighing is no trivial matter either.
I had mine done and they did it dry and loaded giving me CG figures
for each fuel tank.

That meant draining everything and then filling everything.
Back then it was just under $300.

Now I have a new, current, legal, weight and balance certificate.

Some where along the line, even with all the paper work the old girl
had gained about 60#. probably dirt and grease inside the belly.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com