On Dec 6, 6:19*am, Andy wrote:
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 11:55:17 AM UTC-7, JS wrote:
Going by just tail weight, perhaps Martin Heide has friends who are chiropractors.

I suspect Martin just inherited this design feature. *My 28 runs about 60lb on the tail, ballasted and with me in the cockpit. *I have to lift a lot more than that to put the tail dolly on. *I have no record of the tail weight for that condition but it calculates to approx 90lb.

Attempting to answer the OP's question *- In specified weighing attitude, no ballast and no pilot, *tail 67lb. *Same with pilot and chute in cockpit, tail 37.5lb.

As others have pointed out, the conditions for measuring tail weight have a huge influence on the result. *No data will be of any value unless the conditions are specified.

Andy (GY)

Janus C - 64 lbs
Speed Astir II - 90 lbs