Help with plane stats
06-20-2004 | 11:28 PM
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Help with plane stats
I am not sure what all these stats mean, perhaps someone could tell me?
It is a GWS E-Starter Trainer Aircraft (GW/ESTARTER-EPS-350C)
Length: 725 mm (30.54 in)
Wing Span: 960 mm (37.8 in)
Wing Area: 17.1 dm^2 (265 sq.in)
Flying Weight: 480 g (16.9 oz)
Wing Loading: 28 g/dm^2 (9 oz/sq.ft)
Propeller Size: 7" - 10"
The ones in red i need help with.
It is a GWS E-Starter Trainer Aircraft (GW/ESTARTER-EPS-350C)
Length: 725 mm (30.54 in)
Wing Span: 960 mm (37.8 in)
Wing Area: 17.1 dm^2 (265 sq.in)
Flying Weight: 480 g (16.9 oz)
Wing Loading: 28 g/dm^2 (9 oz/sq.ft)
Propeller Size: 7" - 10"
The ones in red i need help with.
06-21-2004 | 12:26 AM
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From: AshburtonCantebury, NEW ZEALAND
RE: Help with plane stats
I am not sure what all these stats mean, perhaps someone could tell me?
It is a GWS E-Starter Trainer Aircraft (GW/ESTARTER-EPS-350C)
Length: 725 mm (30.54 in)
Wing Span: 960 mm (37.8 in)
Wing Area: 17.1 dm^2 (265 sq.in)
Flying Weight: 480 g (16.9 oz)
Wing Loading: 28 g/dm^2 (9 oz/sq.ft)
Propeller Size: 7" - 10"
The ones in red i need help with.
It is a GWS E-Starter Trainer Aircraft (GW/ESTARTER-EPS-350C)
Length: 725 mm (30.54 in)
Wing Span: 960 mm (37.8 in)
Wing Area: 17.1 dm^2 (265 sq.in)
Flying Weight: 480 g (16.9 oz)
Wing Loading: 28 g/dm^2 (9 oz/sq.ft)
Propeller Size: 7" - 10"
The ones in red i need help with.
The flying weight is basically what the plane weighs ready to fly(you might see this abbreviated to AUW-all up weight)
I am NOT absaloutley sure but I think the wing loading is the wing area divided by the ready to fly weight. Minnflyer or someone, could you maybe explain this to both of us?
Zimbo
06-21-2004 | 05:54 AM
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RE: Help with plane stats
Wing loading is the load that the wing carries, in this instance, in ounces per square foot of wing area.
Yours- 265 square inches, now divide that by 144 (one square foot) you get 1.84... or almost two square feet. Now divide the flying weight 16.9 oz., by 1.84 or 16.9\1.84= 9.18 OUNCES PER SQUARE FOOT.
With these park flyers, that's not too bad.
The E-started we fly here is around a pound, and flies great. I've used bigger battery packs, and it still flys O.K. so don't worry about the final weight too much, if you have built it per the directions.
Of course lighter is better always, but don't sweat it.
Yours- 265 square inches, now divide that by 144 (one square foot) you get 1.84... or almost two square feet. Now divide the flying weight 16.9 oz., by 1.84 or 16.9\1.84= 9.18 OUNCES PER SQUARE FOOT.
With these park flyers, that's not too bad.
The E-started we fly here is around a pound, and flies great. I've used bigger battery packs, and it still flys O.K. so don't worry about the final weight too much, if you have built it per the directions.
Of course lighter is better always, but don't sweat it.
