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06-03-2012, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: St Louis
Posts: 13
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Maximum weight for entry step and wing
Does anyone have any information or personal experience on how much weight can be supported by the entry step and wing walk area?
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06-04-2012, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
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Step up onto the step and if the tail does not go down you are OK. It would vary depending on the CG and load in baggage compartment.
I know on mine a person on each step will depress the tail slowly. As far as the wing walk goes, it is pretty well reinforced with closer rib spacing and a heavy skin doubler. I would not worry about it.
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06-04-2012, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
Posts: 5,145
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Make sure the ladies don't step on the wing walk with high-heeled shoes! The weight concentration on that very small heel can dent even that stronger wing skin there, and she doesn't have to be a large woman to do it!
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Built an off-plan RV9A with too much fuel and too much HP. Should drop dead any minute now.
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06-04-2012, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Beautiful downtown Winnemucca
Posts: 87
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Call Vans to confirm
I took a demo ride at Vans and I remember being told their limit for demo passengers was 250 lb. for the RV-9, and that this was to prolong the life of the step and protect the wing-walk area. I did not get the impression that this was a "hard" engineered limit. More like prudence from someone who gives lots of rides to a "wide" spectrum of people. Of course, my memory is not perfect so you could confirm this with a phone call or e-mail to Vans.
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06-05-2012, 06:58 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Newport, TN
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The seatbelts that Vans sells are a limiting factor for larger people like me. I wound say that 275 is a limit unless you take the seat back cushion out. If you take the seat back cushion out, I would say you can get 320+ in there.
Of course all of this depends on where someone carries the majority of their weight.
The Crow belts have room to spare and the stick then becomes the limiting factor...
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06-05-2012, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oakland CA
Posts: 771
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I have given 2 rides to a guy whom I'm guessing was 5'8" or so, 275, and carried most of his weight in his belly. I had to remove the passenger stick but was not worried about boarding. I always carefully brief boarding and supervise it unless they've flown recently in an RV. The one caveat I can think of is to be SURE there are no existing cracks in the boarding step.
YMMV
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Jeremy Constant
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06-05-2012, 03:08 PM
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been here awhile
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Alabama
Posts: 4,301
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jjconstant
I always carefully brief boarding and supervise it unless they've flown recently in an RV. The one caveat I can think of is to be SURE there are no existing cracks in the boarding step.
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Yes, passengers will sometimes "jump" down on the step when exiting the plane instead of "stepping" on the step. That can put a bunch of stress on the step which can eventually cause cracks. Pilots accustomed to the heavy construction of Cherokee steps can be the most unsuspecting offenders.
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