Jiro Yamamoto wrote: >> Is the 5% increase in aircraft weight that use of the corvair engine >> cause the max gross, empty or what weight are you thinking of? And of >> that weight increase, is it all the weight of the engine or are there >> other weight increases in other systems. <<
That weight comparison was purely based on the 60 pound difference in the all-up weight difference between the Corvair engine (ready to fly except for electrons in the wires and fuel in the lines) and the VW, also ready to fly. 60/1200=.05, or 5%, so yes, given either engine with Chris' hypothetical gross weight. I don't see much other differences in associated system weight, although that was a good question. Same fuel pumps, coils, etc, although I didn't not count those two items, in particular. I did count ignition systems, as in Corvair distributor vs Compufire on my VW. Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
