THANKS ALL for your helpful info.
I was simply trying to determine if my glider had a typical tail wheel
weight.
The first time I tried to lift the tail to install a dolly I was
dismayed to discover
how heavy it is. All I had to compare it with is the club fleet of
three SGS machines which all
have very light tail weights. It seems as if the older gliders
(Cherokee, 1-26, 1-34) are
almost balanced on the wheel whereas the glass ships are quite heavy.
Does this make them any trickier to land? I realize the flying
balance
is most likely different from wheel balance i.e CG and wheel are not
co-located.
The average of the single place tail weights without pilot aboard is
66 lbs. and mine
is 72 lbs. so I am right in the ballpark.
Has anyone made a simple lever-lifted dolly arrangement? Or do you
risk your back with
the poor lifting position that the tail boom presents?