Maintenance Manual LS8
Issued: December 2009
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Manual valid with the up-to-date cover page only
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8 Permanent installation of fixed ballast
8.1 Fixed ballast under instrument panel
If empty mass C.G. position is too far back to allow 70 kg <154 lbs> as
Minimum Cockpit Load, permanent installation of trim ballast (at position
1050 mm <41.34 in> in front of datum) under seat in front of control stick
is possible. The trim mass holder according to drawing 4R8-134 can be
ordered as optional equipment, installation according to drawing 3BR-149.
One mass (drawing 4R8-108) of approx. 2.45 kg <5.4 lbs> shifts empty
mass C.G. position about 17 mm <0.669 in> forward.
After permanent installation of fixed ballast, execute a new empty mass and
balance weighing, see chapter 2.
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