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Old 11-07-2009, 07:11 PM
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Default RE: CD ScaleDesigns Albatros CI build

Gian, what is the total weight for your CIII? I'm thinking that the CI should fall somewhere around 6-7 kilos. But to be honest, I'm not very good with such estimates.

As a rough calculation, based on some quick measurements of the wings, I'd put the wing area of my CI at about 1800 sq. in (top wing panel is about 42" x 12" and bottom is about 33" x 12"). A 15lbs model (about 7kg) would be 240 ounces so...let's see...um...

((Sounds of brain churning and clanking))

1800 sq. in. = 12.5 quare feet.
240 oz. divided by 12.5 = 19.2 oz./sq. ft. Seems to me that we should be aiming for around 20 oz./sq.ft on a model like this. But I'm certainly no expert.

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