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Old 09-12-2005 | 03:45 PM
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Default RE: What should a EXTRA SPECIAL weigh,,,

Got my new scale today, and after a few tests to determine that it is accurate, (it is, to 1g) I just had to throw my plane on there. 15lb, 3oz. without fuel. That's lighter than I expected. Carbon wing and stab tubes, carbon gear and spinner, single 2400 li-ion on rx, no pilot, no wheel pants, no choke servo, 16oz tank, DA50 w/slimline pitts in the nose. Just for giggles I weighed my 80" WM Patty, which before I had somewhere around 13.5-14lb dry, on my bathroom scale. 15lb 2oz! And that's after I lightened it a bit! That's an enormous wing loading difference. Haven't flown the WH yet but I can't wait, now.