Hey Ron,
I'll second the commentary about the Odyssey batteries. I have one in my Europa and it spins the crap out of my Jabiru 3300. I've heard of guys getting 6-7 years of of them, too. Not sure how the FAA would like you using one in a certified airplane, though. My Odyssey is a personal watercraft battery. I could stand to lose a few pounds off the nose of mine so it'll thermal better in light lift. A lighter battery would help. I'm a little nose heavy of where I'd like for it to be for soaring. We have a set of digital scales we use for weighing gliders and was about to do a weight and balance on my Ximango with the idea of adding some counterweight in the tail to move the CG back some. As is, the nose falls through fairly easily in uneven lift. If I have a heavy passenger, it's worse.
Regards,
John Lawton
Whitwell, TN (TN89
Ximango #135
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