Thanks. Youre the first person to give me some useful information. Someone else Just suggested to put a bigger engine on it. -shakes his head-. If you do make another set of wings, will you let me know how heavt they come out to? Thanks, Dave
--- On Sun, 6/19/11, P.Byington <byington1...@embarqmail.com> wrote: From: P.Byington <byington1...@embarqmail.com> Subject: Fw: KR> Component weight. To: "KR2 Net" <kr...@mylist.net> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Sunday, June 19, 2011, 4:10 PM David; I weighed my wings awhile back and they came in at 45 lbs each, I am thinking about rebuilding them also to reduce the weight. I think that they are about 15 lbs to heavy (each panel) due to having two layers of glass, (plans call for only one layer) and to much filler added to make them perfectly bump free. Thanks Parley Byington byington1...@embarqmail.com N54PB Henderson, Nevada USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prototype Mech" <prototypem...@yahoo.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 6:32 PM Subject: KR> Component weight. I was wondering if anyone has taken accurate weight measurements of parts during or after constructions to get a baseline. What I'm looking for is the weight of: complete L wing: complete R wing: complete Canopy: forward deck w/fuel tank: turtle deck: total empty weight: I know some of these parts are integral and can't be weighed separately. But my goal is to start cutting off parts and replacing them until I get it to a normal weight around 550 lbs. My aircraft: Complete left wing with 15 gallon fuel tank= 72 lbs Complete right wing with 15 gallon fuel tank= 70 lbs Complete flying fuselage minus wings= 548 lbs Total flying empty weight=690 I dont want to rebuild my wings if it'll only save 15lbs, but i would be worth it if I can save 50lbs. Thats what I'm trying to determine. Cheers, David Robins N37686 _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
