Battery In The Fin; Waterballast In The Wing Tanks (Option); Fin Ballast Tank (Option) - DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000 Flight Manual

6.8.4

Battery in the fin

Only the use of the factory supplied battery Z110 (mass 5.5 kg, 12.1 lbs.) is
permitted.
Only heavy pilots should install a battery in the fin.
The battery in the fin raises the min. front cockpit load by 16 kg (35 lbs.).
Note: The fin battery equals (concerning the C.G.) 39 kg pilot mass in the rear
cockpit.
6.8.5

Waterballast in the wing tanks (Option)

The tanks have a capacity of 80 l (21,2 US gallons) per wing
The permitted amount of waterballast is dependent on the empty weight and
of the load in the fuselage and can be determined from the diagram "Ballast
chart" section 6.8.10.
It is only allowed to fly with symmetric wing ballast!
6.8.6

Fin ballast tank (Option)

Water ballast in the fin tank should be used to compensate the forward C.G. shift
due to the water ballast in the wings.
The amount of ballast in the fin is dependent on the amount of water in the wing
tanks and to be determined from the following table.
waterballast in the
wings
kg
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
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Issued: February 2011
Flight manual DG-1000T
fin
kg
0,6
1,3
2,1
2,9
3,8
4,6
5,4
6,2
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waterballast in the
wings fin
lbs. lbs.
40 1,2
80 2,7
120 4,2
160 5,9
200 7,5
240 9,2
280 10,8
320 12,4
350 13,5
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