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Brent,
I must
admit that I have only flown the IV Turbine and so have no experience with how
the other IVs fly. However it appears to me that some people are inserting a
little hysteria in a simple request by someone for information. I'm not sure
that approach best serves the request for information.
I have
flown several airplanes that could be flown at more that one gross weight. All
one had to do was pay more money to get the higher weight limit. Flying at
either weight was safe, however if the payment to operate at the higher weight
wasn't made, it wasn't "legal" to operate there. So in that case it isn't
a matter of safety, but of legality.
It
appears to me that some of the above this relevant to this discussion.
I'm
not sure your response to this subject isn't really current, considering that
the Lancair web site lists the gross weight as 3550 and you are using 3,200 lbs.
It appears to me that Lancair has decided to use some of the "growth" that they
feel is already built into the airplane.
You
say that you won't fly at the Lancair listed gross weight. That is
fine, but that doesn't necessarily mean that someone that does is unsafe.
To fly at a higher weight one probably needs more that 310 HP. Longer runways
and higher airspeeds would be required.
To
dismiss the request for information by using ridicule and sarcasm is not,
in my opinion, very helpful.
I
agree. Fly smart! Fly safe!
Lynn
Farnsworth
Super
Legacy #235
TSIO-550
Race#44
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