Cherokee getting fat

We finally did it.... we had to weigh the airplane. After three years of
owning it, upgrading radios, adding whatzits (Tannis heater, vacuum filter, new
strobe, etc), we finally had a custom interior made up for it. Since the last
weighing was without an interior and the weight/moment would be hard to compute, we
figured putting it on the scales would be a good plan.

Old calculated weight: 1307
New measured weight: 1379

A few gotchas...The measured weight was without fuel, but with 6 qts of oil.
The calculated weight should have included everything except wheel pants and the
interior that had been installed. I was figuring about 30 lbs for the interior, and
10 for the pants, but that's still 25 lbs heavior than it should be.

Sound about normal for those who've done the same? Without having to take
them off, anyone know what wheelpants for a Hershey-bar cherokee weigh/balance?

Maybe *I* need to go on a crash diet before the big AK trip...
-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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