Tail light?
I have been following this thread, and wonder why little has been said about the rear limit COG. With the -12, crew ahead of the COG is unusual. Thanks Joe for your spreadsheet. I fiddled around with it, and it confirmed my expectation that with full fuel, max bags and a 155 lb pilot, no pax, the CG is right on the rear limit. Vans has nailed it again (or that's where they derived the figure - just joking!).
Perhaps that is the objective anyone fitting another type of engine needs to meet before settling on a length for the engine mount that gets the CG behind the forward limit.
Just a thought.....
Rod
I have been following this thread, and wonder why little has been said about the rear limit COG. With the -12, crew ahead of the COG is unusual. Thanks Joe for your spreadsheet. I fiddled around with it, and it confirmed my expectation that with full fuel, max bags and a 155 lb pilot, no pax, the CG is right on the rear limit. Vans has nailed it again (or that's where they derived the figure - just joking!).
Perhaps that is the objective anyone fitting another type of engine needs to meet before settling on a length for the engine mount that gets the CG behind the forward limit.
Just a thought.....
Rod