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From: "Bob Jude" <bobjude@charter.net>
Date: Sat Apr 12, 2003 11:26:28 PM America/Detroit
Subject: [LML] Data Plate
Help me a little please.
1. On my data plate it asks for the Gross weight, what is the gross
weight for a 360.
2. I'm using a Lycoming engine that has been reworked by Aircraft
Performance Engines and is now only an experimental engine...what do I
list on the data plate for engine?
Thanks
Roger Helmer
Roger,
My "Pilot's Operating Handbook", Page II-9 lists the following for the
320/360:
Maximum Take-off Weight - 1685 lbs.
Maximum Landing Weight - 1685 lbs.
This would be the maximum gross weight that would go on the data plate.
However, I believe there has been a change in maximum take-off weight
(increased to 1785 lbs.) since the book was published.
Bob Jude, N65BJ
Take a base weight of 1,200 + 258(fuel) + 400(people) + 40(charts & baggage) and you have 1,898 lbs. If you have an accident and have your Gross Weight listed as 1,685, the accident will be considered your fault. There will be a good chance that you insurance company will not pay and the FAA will be on you like stink on s... .
The 1,685 Maximum Take-off/Landing Weights are recommendations. If all planes were built with minimum instruments, O-320 engines and people really weighed 93.5 pounds and the FAA didn't inspect all incidents and accidents these weights would do well for the aircraft's Gross Weight. But it and they do not! The aircraft's Gross Weight is set by the builder. For legal and insurance purposes this weight should be set to the maximum reasonable weight. Mine is set at 1,900 I know that some others are set as high as 1,950. By setting the weight this high, you will save yourself time, money and trouble in the future.
Now on the practical side, pay attention to the 1,685. Try to fly at lighter weights. Watch your avionics. Keep your weight down and don't always fuel up if you don't need to.
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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.
248-478-4301, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, O-320-D1F, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan
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