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Gary, I stand pleasantly corrected regarding the 235 gross
weight!
Thank you VERY much for submitting the page from Lancair
Mail, it was highly needed!
I have had the unpleasant job of making load plans for a
1010 lb. 235, a 220 lb. pilot and a 1400 lb. gross weight. This certainly
makes things easier, thank you once again!
Is there anyone left out there who does not know that
the 235 gross weight was increased to 1500 lbs over 14yrs
ago?
Yes, and some of them work at the factory. This
information hardly falls in the category "news", the problem seems to be,
that the info is so old it has been forgotten. I think it might be a
good idea to save the page submitted by Gary in the archives, there are still a
few 235 builders out there who might benefit from it.
The info about the 1790 lb. gross applying to the 320/360
MkII only, also comes from the factory.
After reading your information, all of the 235's
out there ought to be grounded as unsafe.
Aviation safety is in reverse proportion to degree of
overload. I said:
"There is nothing wrong with a 235, in fact it is a VERY
nice plane, it just has different specifications. If you are a skinny feller and
you want some "cheap" fun, a 235/235 could very well be the thing for you. If
you can live with the weight limitations, a 235/320 is not a bad choice either.
If you can find something as nice as Randy´s, it doesn´t get any
better!
If you want (or weigh) a little more on a relatively
comparable budget, you should find yourself a nice 320/360.
I am a fat guy, so I would pay 20k ekstra for a nice
320/360 any day. I don´t like the concept of buying an
aircraft and deliberately taking it beyond factory recommendations every time I
fly."
That means:
If you weigh 250 lb. and your wife/boyfriend/buddy weighs another 250 lb.,
you might not want a Lancair 235. Please take that into consideration. If you
weigh considerably less, a Lancair 235 is a VERY nice aircraft and there are
VERY well built 235´s around.
If some readers are able to take offense by that, there is little I
can do for them.
Regards
Tim Jorgensen
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