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Old 12-03-2008 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Cubdriver
Not trying to pour water on the design but they did not give any data on useful load and it would just have to be pretty small. No matter what it is, there will be a temptation to overload the airplane with all that space inside to fill. This means of course that it is likely to be crashed. Experience shows people are stupid enough to do this, especially in summer when such a design would appeal the most, and the large interior space adds to the problem.
The guy in the video mentioned it weighs 750 and has a useful load of 600 with 30 gal fuel... which has me scratching my head a little....
you are right about the internal space... no offense to those who fly new LSA's.... but at least around our airport they (that market) are much more prone to crashing from failing to calculate CG and/or simply over-loading, etc... that huge space inside is like an invitation to...
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