ASW-19 Maximum Weight

Yeah, I went back to put in the mention about leading edges and I put it
in the wrong sentence.Â* My purpose was that, due to the rest of the
content of this thread, I doubt some people understand the whole
concept.Â* Maybe draw a picture...

On 10/19/2018 2:53 PM, Dan Daly wrote:
On Friday, October 19, 2018 at 2:46:15 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
A simple weighing should put this all to rest.Â* Two bathroom scales
should get you very close if you don't have access to proper aircraft
scales.

1.Â* Weigh each wing separately using two bathroom scales.
2.Â* Weigh the fuselage separately using two bathroom scales, one under
each end of the wing leading edge.
Dan, 5J
I would weigh the fuselage using two scales, one under the main wheel, one under the tail wheel, not under the wing leading edge?

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Dan, 5J

My partner talked to Rex at Williams Soaring today. He told us that, for standard certificate gliders at least, the data in the TCDS takes precedent. So 805 pounds really is the maximum weight of the glider without water. Too bad, as that really limits the useful load of the 19s I've looked at.

On Friday, October 19, 2018 at 1:19:37 PM UTC-4, Ouroboros wrote:
Jonathan: I agree that the max weight without water shouldn't be relevant, but I'm not the one that needs to be convinced. The last two people to do weight and balance for this glider both used the number from the TCDS.

805-609=196 lbs max pilot weight.

How do I convince someone to ignore the number in the TCDS?

I would start by explaining that the flight manual provided by the builder is the controlling document.
If in doubt, ask Schleicher.
Then I would weigh all the parts and do the sums.
UH