Originally Posted by
John_M_
Whats the weight of that big lift Bert... My J3 is just over 20.5 lbs ready to fly... the160 flies it a bit better than scale, its not under powered, but enough power to do the basic aerobatics.
About 15 lbs or so, and that is with 40 years of grime and repairs, AND the pretty heavy Boxer and ignition etc. It has decent power for towing on gas, on glowfuel it would be downright overpowered for normal flight, but excellent for towing.
Originally Posted by
Cat 1
Big lift is a nice looking Aircraft....
It is, isn't it?
Originally Posted by
Cat 1
Bert and All - how are you fuel tanks arranged with the low carb of a boxer?
Mine has the tank (250 ml/8 oz, standard tank from a Calmato 40 I believe) centered at HS needle height, which is fairly easy on the BigLift as it has a pretty roomy nose and the tank being small because of "gasoline is frugal" helps of course.
I use muffler pressure from both pipes connected via T-piece. Zero crud. The craptrap is there but never emptied in 5 years...There has to be about 7 or 8 gallons of fuel through it I guess...