yeah Jon. . I asked Andreas to mold me one that was as light as possible, the bare airframe came in about 4 lbs lighter than normal ones do. The BME110 loses another 4 lbs compared to a 150 setup, and I traded the aluminum wing tube for a CF one, and removed some non-critical material.
Funny thing. . while talking with Andreas at Joe Nall last month, he told me that he was basically VERY surprised that the plane was stillin one piece. He figured it would break apart within a month after I got it flying . .I've gone over every inch of the structure, and I really can't any signs of strain or problems. I gues either Andreas is better than he thinks he is, or I got VER lucky with this bird.
If I had it do again, I think I'd try a TBM 42% 260. It's only slightly larger, yet is about the same weight with another 200" of wing area. . 2600" of area and 29 lbs. . .think about it.
