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Russell Duffy wrote:
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A friend with
an O-320 RV-3 just told me his empty weight is 822 lbs, and he publishes
a gross weight of 1280, though he keeps aerobatics below Van's recommended
1100 lb gross.
Not so fast! Aerobatic limit was 1,050 lb gross!
The redesign of the wings was to bring it up to original specs of +6 / -3
(or -6?) at 1,050 lb gross!
Sure, I listed mine as 1,300 lb gross, but would never dream of pulling any
kind of G's at that weight.
In theory I should be able to pull 4.85 G's at 1,300 lbs, but I think there
are other factors involved.
On second thought, the weight of the fuel in the wings shouldn't count towards
the areobatic weight.
In any case, do check with Van.
Finn
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