Empty weight doesn't make any difference (other than how many sandbags you put in the second seat during testing) since you have to meet the stall speed at max takeoff weight.
The wing area needs to be increased by about 30 percent to get the stall speed down from 59 mph to 45 knots (or since the 59 mph assumes 1050 lbs gross, a lower gross weight). New starts may want to consider increasing the wing area, or NOT. Depends on how comfortable the builder is with aircraft design and test piloting. What we really need is a "standardized" wing design change and proof of concept plane. If the current version actually meets LSA, that means there will shortly be a (hopefully large) increase in the number of available purchasers, with a corresponding increase in sales price. -- wesley scott k...@spottedowl.biz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net> > Wesley, > > Put in a 1700cc engine and build it as light as possible and you might get > the stall speed down. No problem getting the VH with that power plant. Don't > even think about it with the bigger engines. > > But why not build one that is designed for that in the first place. >
