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Please share you aircraft configuration. Thanks
Oh, just give it time. It's the middle of the work day here in the US.Wow, this thread has lasted almost 2 hours with nobody coming in with diet advice or the lighter doesn't make it go faster argument!
My -9, with the longer wing was 990 lbs with all the fairings, oil, etc. on its first flight.
The -7, with the shorter wing should be able to be built lighter.
I will replace my PC680 with an EX680 when the time comes
Jay
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N941WR, was that weight with the O-290 or the O-360? ISTR you had an O-290 in it initially?
I built my 7-A to be reasonably light, but comfy for long cruising. It weighed 1079 lb this annual including unusable fuel, 6 quarts oil, fire extinguisher, headsets, and necessary junk in glove box.
IO-375 with Catto three blade prop and tip up canopy
3 colour Jet-Glo paint, full leather interior
Sky view, back up analogue, and full lighting
Monster retread 6 ply tires
Jay
You guy are making me feel as if I screwed up somewhere. Not painted yet and wheel pants are not on, it came in 1093#. So I am figuring final would be around 1120#. At 1093# weight and balance is little toward the back of the airplane. Now I have to gain about 10# so it will be perfect.
Hartzell constant speed prop, o-360, Dynon Skyview, 430W, Nat audio panel and Val backup comm. So, my question is unless the scales are off how can you possibly shave off 100#. The first time we weight the plane we also came under a 1000# but after rechecking the calculations we found the mistake.
Change that heavy CS prop to a FP Catto and you will drop about 80 lbs.
My regulatory limit is 1320Lbs for RAAus administration initially, but I'll change it over to the normal CASA registration in a year or so so I can use the full gross weight.There was a guy in Florida trying to sell an RV-7 as an LSA a while ago... Engine placarded to not operate above X RPM, light interior, etc. Don't remember the empty number but the gross had to meet LSA limits... 1200lb?