Super Rebel / Moose Empty CG

[Mike Kimball]

Just out of curiosity and for comparison between Chevy V8, M14, and
Lycoming, can you folks with flying SRs or Meeses tell me where your empty
CG ended up? Mine was 7.87 inches aft of the datum, which is 1.63 forward
of the forward limit if you go with the limit numbers that were in my manual
(9.5 - 21.38 inches aft of the datum).

I've also been doing some weight and balance scenarios and something doesn't
seem right. With my wife and I (370 pounds) in the front seats, my daughter
(115 pounds) in the back seat, 140 pounds in the baggage area, and 60
gallons of fuel that puts the CG right about where it was for first flight
(19.5) which produced poor flight characteristics. I thought the Super
Rebel should be able to do better than that. And with my engine I figured
on being nose heavy. Seems like I need to add some weight forward of the
firewall! How can that be?

Mike
044SR




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