On Dec 22, 2011 4:24 PM, "Virgil N. Salisbury" <virg...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > DO NOT DO IT. The design was for what it is. Stresses > calculated for the existing span. How much of a test pilot > and designer do you want to be ? Virg I do plan on redoing the analysis on the wings, fuselage, and spars. I was wondering if others had traveled down this path before and what their numbers were.
According to my plans, the gross weight is specified to be 900# but many of the weight and balance sheets I see have gross weights 2-300# higher. How do they/we/I justify this? If we can safely increase the gross, we should be able to trade gross for some wingspan. I don't plan on doing anything unless the numbers tell me I can. -mdg
