ORIGINAL: cmoulder
Hey guys,
I saw on the discussion list that one fellow is finishing up a Focus II intended for electric. Came in at something like 11 1/2 pounds. I doubt the plane will fly quite as well at that weight as it will at Bob's weight...the wings are rather small so the extra weight will result in deteriorated performance.
My test bed has been run at close to 12 pounds with the SAP up front. The engine has the beans for the higher weight so that's not the problem.
matt
I can see how, even with glow, using all the stock bits would easily put it over 11 lbs.
You guys have gotten me so ''into'' the light component awareness that I got a decent scale, a DigiWeigh DWP-1001, which measures up to 1kg with 0.1g resolution. It was interesting to weigh things like wheel collars and washers just to see what they actually add to airframe weight.
I got really lucky at work a few months ago. We were cleaning the RD lab out and EVERYTHING was being tossed including a 1.5 KG capacity Lab View scale with 0.1 gram resolution. Yours truly walked away with a very nice scale. Particularly useful in getting epoxy ratios down to the gnat's a..
Matt