ORIGINAL: Rider-60
AMA or not, a lighter plane will always fly better and easier than a heavy one, gear will last longer too.
Hi,
True, but I think a lot of times people think these planes have to be lighter than they really do to fly properly. The bigger these things get, the higher the relative wing loading numbers can be without them falling out of the sky like a rock. I've seen one of these fly, and it was
very heavy...but didn't fly or land like one might imagine a 'heavy' plane might. If the owner was in a place where there wasn't a 'legal' consideration (like AMA) regarding weight, then I wondered what the concern was.