Your right about weight. But Les was one of those that could not leave well enough along. If 2 layers of glass is good why not 3. He new he was going to use a big motor and land on a lot of grass. So he over built to help it along and as we all know add one thing and it changes another. The next thing you know it is over weight. Hard to go back after the fact. If you want an all terrain plane you have to have bigger tires, bigger brakes,bigger and longer gear more fuel Then some want a nose gear(how much does that weigh) the list goes on an on.
--- Mike johnson <kr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > KR club, > Doesn't horespower share a close relationship to > weight? It seems like some people are willing to > spend so much money on horsepower to increase speed > that engines are pushed to limits > that could compromise safety. > > Wouldn't Time and money be better well spent trying > to minimize weight instead of throwing the > largest motor I could afford on the firewall. Look > up Mike Arnold on google, 440 lb airplane > going 213 mph on a 65hp rotax. He is an average guy > that built his own design based soley on > streamlining his plane to near perfection. On his > site he offers videos of his plane. I got suckered > into buying one of his videos about the composite > construction he used. I was really happy with the > video. By the way, his canopy is very, very > streamlined. > > Thanks to everyone who answered my questions on > fuselage weight. Mike Johnson > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
