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Weight and balance - Ski tube

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Hello,

I just bought the ski tube to fit in my DA40 and I would like to know what arm and maxi load do you have on yours? (For those who have it installed).

Do you have a picture of your weight and balance sheet?

Thanks!

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Mine is a 180 Star.
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Re: Weight and balance - Ski tube

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Arnaud:

From the DA40 AFM:

Arm is 4.32 m aft
You will have to weigh your tube to figure new EW and CG.

Max weight allowed in the tube is 11 pounds (5.0 Kg)

So, not much weight. I keep my Bruce's cover, spare inner tubes, and tie down stuff in there and that maxes it out...

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Thank you!

I have a placard with « max 35kg » written. I guess that this is for the space behind the back seats, isn’t it?

The 5kg are in addition to the 35 kg?

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Yes, the 35 kg is for the regular baggage space behind the rear seats. The 5kg are in addition. There is a placard available for the baggage tube:

PN: DA4-1123-10-13

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Thanks Steve
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