Wanted: FRONT nose Trim weights for LS gliders

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 8:14:35 AM UTC-4, wrote:
There are nice suggestions, thanks!

I am going to check with a machine shop that I found one town over from me to see what they'd want as input. I've never used a cad program myself, but know people and I have done mechanical drawing before albeit 43 years ago! Not a hard part to draw,

You are correct that the post that holds the ballast is pretty tall (double the height?) compared to the height that the maximum of three trim ballasts allowed would be.

Well, I've gotta get out to the airport to retrieve my existing ballast from the cockpit and then I can get started!

--Cathy

You can also buy lead sheet from McMaster- Carr supply in a thickness that can be cut with tin snips. Stack up as many as needed.
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Cathy,

Be extremely careful about melting lead in the kitchen. You can contaminate your house and expose yourself and [grand]children to dust and fumes.

Lead weights get distorted from being bumped about and may no longer fit into an enclosure. Filing creates neurotoxic dust.

Consider brass.

DG uses it in the DG-1001

No worries, I am going to check out a machine shop to make them and they probably will not be lead! The most I’ll do at my kitchen table is to make a scale drawing if they want it!

Thanks everyone for the tips.