Stanced XUD Estate (IT'S ALIVEEEEahahaha)

[cwspellowe]

I'm estimating the weight of the engine will compress the current main springs about another 2". It drops about 0.5-1" with me sitting on the wing, so three or more of me will compress it roughly 3x that, so say 2" for approximation's sake.

So for the same height as now, I need to raise the perch by 2".

On to free length under droop, that's 11" as they are. Raise the perch by 2" and that makes 9" free length, with 6.5" of that made up by the main spring, so 2.5" of free play still.

A 3" helper like these with locating collar (about 0.25" thickness) will eliminate the gap under droop but will add about 1" to the ride height when coil bound if the perch isn't adjusted lower.

Drop the perch by another 0.5" to make the maximum use of the 3" helper and a teeny bit of preload to make the total length 9.5" (3" helper, little bit for the locating collar, 6.5" main spring)

For that to work, the compressed length of the 6.5" main and 3" helper will need to drop from 9.5" free length to 6.5" compressed length which is how it's sat now. The helper will compress 2" by itself, so the main spring only needs to compress by 1" to get the right ride height. Even at 400lb that should be possible, right?