I see this is an old thread. Did you ever sell this engine?
Type: Posts; User: Rick n Sharon
I see this is an old thread. Did you ever sell this engine?
Yes, I should have said datum point. I thought it over again this morning and it was clear my error.
Thanks anyway.
It is a tractor config. and I figured it out using the tetter-totter example. When I changed the "firewall" (datum) point the ratio of the two stayed eaxctly the same. Blame it on staying up too...
I found a lighter engine for my plane that I would like to install. I know the weight and arm distance from the firewall to the CG of the old engine so I thought I would take that moment and divide...