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Old 01-05-2010 | 06:55 PM
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Default RE: Updated Weight Requirements?

Assumptions:
Glow empty weight: 10.8 lbs (because glow doesn’t seem push the limit!)
Fuel weight: 1 ozm per fluid oz (I know this isn’t exact)
Fuel Consumption : 1 oz per minute
Flight time: 10 minutes

Between the two charts, the glow parameters did not change. All that changed was the e RTF weight.
(The intent of the proposal after all is not to change anything for glow.)

The key point is the fact that current state converges and the proposed future state diverges (no matter how you tweak the numbers.)

Edit: I should add…accepting the numbers for what they are, which chart better represents a level playing field?