Kestrel 19 Questions

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:16:52 -0700, johnbrake wrote:


Pulling out the water ballast plumbing is possible. The hoses are not
in place when I fly (that's about a pound or so). I don't know if the
Kestrel uses water bags or wing structure to hold the water (I _think_
it's just in the structure) -- I'll check in the Spring and pull any
bags, if possible.

Its bags. I know that because at least one H.201 Libelle has been fitted
with a Kestrel water ballast system: the original H.201 did not carry
water. That became an option for the H.201b series.

There is an oxygen bottle, but not listed in the original W&B and I
don't fly with it. The system is very old, so if I ever need oxygen
(not in Southern Ontario), I think I'll just buy a nice, modern system.
The bottle has a mount location just aft of CoG (not much room,
elsewhere).

A Kevlar MH system weighs under 3 kg, so if it installs in the same place
as the Libelle (in a tube under the turtledeck behind the cockpit) its
impact on CG should be minimal.


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