Starfire 11 Finished weight?
02-13-2002, 03:10 AM
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Starfire 11 Finished weight?
Hi Pete,
My Starfire II weighed in at 13# 7 oz with OS.91 power. It is currently in turbine conversion though. It had/has flaps and brakes and servo mixture control so it was at the heavier side. It flies like a lightweight even at that poundage! Mine is an early it, not the IIc so it had a bit less wing area too! You won't have any problem flying the II or IIc at 14 pounds, but test the sink rate without flap about half way through the fuel to see what to expect on landing. Then test with half flap pretty slowly... etc.
Len
My Starfire II weighed in at 13# 7 oz with OS.91 power. It is currently in turbine conversion though. It had/has flaps and brakes and servo mixture control so it was at the heavier side. It flies like a lightweight even at that poundage! Mine is an early it, not the IIc so it had a bit less wing area too! You won't have any problem flying the II or IIc at 14 pounds, but test the sink rate without flap about half way through the fuel to see what to expect on landing. Then test with half flap pretty slowly... etc.
Len
02-13-2002, 10:36 AM
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Hi,
What version of the Starfire are you talking about? Is it the JMP one or the Yellow A/C?
Either way, don't worry about 14 pounds, you'd be shocked how light it will fly at that weight. I had one with doubled-up fuel system, removeable wings, smoke pump-tank-battery and all that. It had a dry weight of 16.5 pounds. It still flew fabulously. It was the Blue Angels one I had at St. George.
Good luck!
What version of the Starfire are you talking about? Is it the JMP one or the Yellow A/C?
Either way, don't worry about 14 pounds, you'd be shocked how light it will fly at that weight. I had one with doubled-up fuel system, removeable wings, smoke pump-tank-battery and all that. It had a dry weight of 16.5 pounds. It still flew fabulously. It was the Blue Angels one I had at St. George.
Good luck!
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Starfire 11 Finished weight?
I had a Y/A StarFire with a RAM750 + 84 OZ fuel. Takeoff weight 18lb.
Lands pretty good, and take off roll < 100 ft without flaps. Unfortunately, the StarFire caught fire on the ground during a demo at parking lot at work. Did not have my fire extinguisher handy.
Lands pretty good, and take off roll < 100 ft without flaps. Unfortunately, the StarFire caught fire on the ground during a demo at parking lot at work. Did not have my fire extinguisher handy.
