Some may disagree with part of this statement.
For me it's more practical to run the E.
The money I have invested in my E ship is the same as setting up a ship with a 160 DZ.
But to each his own.
The planes do have to be lighter though.
ORIGINAL: dick Hanson
Much more expensive than practical and the planes have to be lighter .
Now, keeping with the thread. Here's a design idea. I've mentioned this before somewhere. Yes the E planes need to be built lighter. Fair? Probably not IMO. Takeoff weights have to be lighter for E than they do for glow (not trying to start a discussion on this as it's already been covered). Therefore in the wind the glow plane can penetrate better. (I fly in a windy place) So flying slower with the E and being lighter isn't an advantage at times. So I have had the idea of mounting a fuel tank in my E plane and adding 16 to 20 ounces of fuel. It's gotta be legal right?
I may implement this in a future project when I get a little lighter. May even bring it to the nats.. That'll be interesting to hear what they have to say. LOL
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