C11 center of gravity

D1trout wrote:
Fellow travelers, I've concluded that a small flatbed trailer will be the simplest and most efficient cradle on which to rebuild my C11. Do any of you know where the CofG is on a C11? And have any of you used a flatbed trailer for this purpose? If so, what size and how has it worked for you? It seems that an 8 foot would work well, at least dimensionally, but I don't want the rig tipping backwards....
I met with Dave, the fantastic blacksmith yesterday, about replacing the plywood with aluminum. I think he was slightly horrified at the amount of work involved. We've paused to consider the options. I still like the idea and am thinking about other ways to do it that don't involve lifting the shell off the chassis. Perhaps building one aluminum section at a time to replace a rotted out section, then moving on to the next. Seems more manageable and except for the actual aluminum fabrication, I could do all the other work myself.
Dick

As I recall, the empty C of G is slightly behind the rear wheels of a standard 8' bed. That is why I made the trailer for mine 4'-6" longer than the bed before I bent the structural channel for the hitch. Besides, I needed a place to haul a quad and the longer trailer will tow better.
The C of G is forward when the fresh water tank is full.

When I helped build a storage trailer platform for the Avion about 40 years ago, we put the unsprung axle as far back as we could. The was done for storage purposes.