On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:20:32 -0700, AK wrote:

Is this for a private glider of for use in a club glider?

IOW, what are your options for placing the weight and for securing it?

- if you have to sit on it then sheet bent to match the seat pan
would minimize its effect on your headroom, but securing it
properly could be difficult.

- putting a block of lead in the nose is safest (its on the scene of
the crash before you get there), and securing it may be somewhat easier,
particularly if you use sheet lead and the securing bolts also hold
the sheets together. Last but not least the forces you need to
anchor it against would be less (launch acceleration, sliding back
during a winch launch)


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