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Hangar Flying / LEZ Basic Empty Weight
« on: November 09, 2005, 07:52:35 AM »
My guess is that the extra weight comes from saturated layups and lots of filler in the finish. The plane's finish is beautiful like a high gloss surfboard. Nicely crafted plane.
The engine has no lightweight components...stock starter, alternator, vacuum pump, mags,etc. I don't recall seeing any lead ballast in the nose. The panel has Nav, Com, Loran, Autopilot, Attitidue & Directional gyros, and the standard flight and engine steam guages. Nose lift is stock wind-up.
The thing is that if I put light stuff on the engine and lighten up a few things, the max I think I can loose is about 20 pounds. However, that's a WAG.
The engine has no lightweight components...stock starter, alternator, vacuum pump, mags,etc. I don't recall seeing any lead ballast in the nose. The panel has Nav, Com, Loran, Autopilot, Attitidue & Directional gyros, and the standard flight and engine steam guages. Nose lift is stock wind-up.
The thing is that if I put light stuff on the engine and lighten up a few things, the max I think I can loose is about 20 pounds. However, that's a WAG.