Monday, October 31, 2022

horizontal weighing

 I just made a lifting element and put it between the scales and the nose, so that I could weigh the car with the chassis horizontal - parallel to the ground, and I got in. Total weight, with legs forward this time (I think I forgot last time), was 64Kg (60 with legs pulled up). That means that 10Kg have shifted backwards by lifting the nose. Interesting.

There will be a few kilo's front and back, but I think I need to be looking for a spring which will hold a stationary load of about 66Kg (145lbs)

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