Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1) with ESMTP id 2512887 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 00:08:24 -0400 Received: from rad ([68.212.1.179]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20030806040823.VOWK23972.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 00:08:23 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: tiny tach works, and my plane is a pig Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:08:25 -0500 Message-ID: <000801c35bd0$62707c10$0201a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01C35BA6.799A7410" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C35BA6.799A7410 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On second thought, the weight of the fuel in the wings shouldn't count towards the areobatic weight. =20 Exactamundo. The official limit is "1050 plus the weight of fuel in the wings". The unspoken part is whether this allows you to exceed the = original 1100 lb gross weight, which was conceived when the plane had a 25 gallon fuselage tank. Van himself will be giving me a ruling on this very = soon. Also, rest assured that I understand that you can't change the laws of physics by publishing a higher gross weight :-) =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C35BA6.799A7410 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
On second thought, the weight of the fuel in the wings shouldn't = count=20 towards the areobatic weight.
 
Exactamundo.  The official limit is "1050 plus the = weight=20 of fuel in the wings".  The unspoken part is whether this = allows you=20 to exceed the original 1100 lb gross weight, which was conceived = when the=20 plane had a 25 gallon fuselage tank.  Van himself will be = giving me a=20 ruling on this very soon.  Also, rest assured that I understand = that you=20 can't change the laws of physics by publishing a higher gross weight = :-) =20
 
Cheers,
Rusty
 
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