Another expensive annual this year

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... ;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:bRGGd.10570$IV5.417@attbi_s54...
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... ;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Hi Jay...
Our chapter BOUGHT NEW DIGITAL SCALES last year
and spent 1200 bucks or so on them. 4 pad unit for
race cars, nice stuff. I can't believe the prices folks get to do this.

Scott.

Hi Jay...
Our chapter BOUGHT NEW DIGITAL SCALES last year
and spent 1200 bucks or so on them. 4 pad unit for
race cars, nice stuff. I can't believe the prices folks get to do this.

Scott.


Yikes! $500 is too much. I'd charge $150-$200 plus travel.

And for the EAA guys and Scott above.......
..... well thats great that they BOUGHT NEW DIGITAL SCALES.
I imagine those are the little wheel weighers about 12 inches square and
have a capacity of maybe 1000-1500 pounds. Thats ok for light homebuilts
and ultralights, C152 and Pa140 and such. Fine for you Saturday morning
hobbiests.

But if you consider providing a professional weighing service, you need a
capacity up to 30,000 lbs for each Pad and/or each jackpoint to be capable
of weighing most aircraft used in business.

Shop around for four 30K lb pads and let us know the deals you find.

You also need an annual certified calibration which will cost $300-$400.
Also you might want the capability to generate a nice looking weighing
report on site, and the way I do that is with a laptop and portable printer.
A hand scribbled sheet doesn't look good in a G-IV manual.
There are some other extras that are handy to have, like a set of fuel
hydormeters to measure specific gravity of onboard fuel.
Nitrogen setup to re-adjust gear struts after leveling....... so on.

Btw, someday try rolling a big tire aircraft like a T-6 or T28 up on those
NEW DIGITAL SCALES.

I can certainly believe the prices some folks get to do this!

Kent Felkins
Tulsa Oklahoma

Hey Kent, I just painted my prop and may need to come up to see you.
I'll let you know.

BTW, Kent is one of the best prop balance guys in this neck of the
woods. He's also a paid Tulsa fireman, IIRC.

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:01:51 -0600, "Fly" wrote:



Hi Jay...
Our chapter BOUGHT NEW DIGITAL SCALES last year
and spent 1200 bucks or so on them. 4 pad unit for
race cars, nice stuff. I can't believe the prices folks get to do this.

Scott.


Yikes! $500 is too much. I'd charge $150-$200 plus travel.

And for the EAA guys and Scott above.......
.... well thats great that they BOUGHT NEW DIGITAL SCALES.
I imagine those are the little wheel weighers about 12 inches square and
have a capacity of maybe 1000-1500 pounds. Thats ok for light homebuilts
and ultralights, C152 and Pa140 and such. Fine for you Saturday morning
hobbiests.

But if you consider providing a professional weighing service, you need a
capacity up to 30,000 lbs for each Pad and/or each jackpoint to be capable
of weighing most aircraft used in business.

Shop around for four 30K lb pads and let us know the deals you find.

You also need an annual certified calibration which will cost $300-$400.
Also you might want the capability to generate a nice looking weighing
report on site, and the way I do that is with a laptop and portable printer.
A hand scribbled sheet doesn't look good in a G-IV manual.
There are some other extras that are handy to have, like a set of fuel
hydormeters to measure specific gravity of onboard fuel.
Nitrogen setup to re-adjust gear struts after leveling....... so on.

Btw, someday try rolling a big tire aircraft like a T-6 or T28 up on those
NEW DIGITAL SCALES.

I can certainly believe the prices some folks get to do this!

Kent Felkins
Tulsa Oklahoma

This if for the Jon that knows me. I deleted the message to quick.
Thanks for the ref.
Paint shouldn't make that much of diference in prop balance. It if it
does....you should give up painting as a profession.

Contact me direct and I'll be happy to check it for you.
Kent Felkins

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