Good job, Chad. Always glad to see a new, light RV.
Let's see, tail wheel, tip-up, light weight......You should be able to qualify for airworthiness certificate in the mail!
Good job, Chad. Always glad to see a new, light RV.
Let's see, tail wheel, tip-up, light weight......You should be able to qualify for airworthiness certificate in the mail!
Yes....Would like to see your panel? Did you remeber to equip it with anything?
Awesome final weight!!!
Excellent work on keeping the weight down. Do you have a picture of your panel anywhere on the forum.
What's with the girly prop? That'll cost ya!!!!
It'll probably take 4 pounds just to fill the blasted pin holes.when you get done painting all your fiberglass i'll bet you hit 1050
Congratulations Chad. I am always dubious of empty weight claims because builders use a range of measuring devices including those builders who use cheap and potentially wildly inaccurate "Ruggles scales" aka bathroom scales and then go on to declare breathtaking empty weights. Your photo indicates otherwise. Well done.Today was W&B day...she weighed in at a skocsh under my design goal of 1,050 pounds at 1,046 empty! Sweet!! Empty CG of 81.24"...
It'll probably take 4 pounds just to fill the blasted pin holes.
I was being generous i guess it was a comment that although he can certainly fly as long as he wants without painted AL, not painting the fiberglass isn't a very good idea and so 1046 isn't really his true weight
awesome final weight!!!
sheesh Mel, is Chad your little kid brother? the first poster you basically told to lay off said
That's my thought!Perhaps Chad left out couple of rivets here and there to get the count to make 16,225, and keep the weight down.
And no stick grips...12 ozs or so I'm guessing.
J
Ok, If Mel is normally seeing >1100 lb RV's, then I want to place my numbers out for comparison. Here are the particulars of my 9A slider. In the panel I have:Maybe not TRUE weight, but by comparison, almost every RV that I certify nowadays weighs in at over 1100 lbs. in this exact same configuration.
Again I say CONGRATULATIONS!
Chad, I have a similar setup for a fuse panel on my 9A. I have it hinged on the sub panel then velcro to the bottom of the panel. The velcro is not holding so I am trying to find a better system to secure the hinged panel up during normal operations. How is your panel secured? I am trying to figure out what will work best for my application. If yours is similar to my setup I would love to talk with you about what you have done.LOL!! That's the fuse panel hanging down...
Chad, I have a similar setup for a fuse panel on my 9A. I have it hinged on the sub panel then velcro to the bottom of the panel. The velcro is not holding so I am trying to find a better system to secure the hinged panel up during normal operations. How is your panel secured? I am trying to figure out what will work best for my application. If yours is similar to my setup I would love to talk with you about what you have done.
Thanks for the pics Chad. That helps a great deal. I like your lightening holes on that fuse panel. I did not do that on mine but I did weigh it. It was less than 2 oz. with the hinge included so I figured I would leave it as is.Here are a few of pics of how my fuse panel is secured...