RE: Great Planes PT- 17 Stearman ARF
If any of you guys are at a point before you mount the engine, could you weigh the airplane without the engine (and radio if possible)?
Carl, is 13 lb with or without engine? I am wanting to do an electric conversion of this plane, and I need some semi-accurate airframe weights minus engine/radio to plug in to my power calculator. Just minus engine is OK, since I can estimate what the average radio weighs easily. I would convert the elevators to a split dual pushrod setup and cable actuated pull-pull rudder, if it were me. No joiners needed for the elevator halves, and a measure of safety built in if an elevator clevis or pushrod fails.
Rick