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 Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:53 am Post subject: Kitfox I mods / Gross weight change |
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Jose
You "can" change the gross weight of a certified airplane. I've done it already. I just sent a letter to my local FSDO requesting the change along with documentation to justify the change. But you cannot lower the gross weight to meet LSA standards. Once an airplane is certified over 1320# it cannot be used as an LSA.
The early Avid's were 850 gross as well, but after the installation of flapperon ballencers, the factory increased the gross to 911#.
Mark
Kitfox 5 Vixen
912UL IVO
Hartford, Wisconsin
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Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: Kitfox I mods / Gross weight change |
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I was looking into increasing the MTOW of my model III-A from 950 to 1050 last year. I think it was Dave Fisher who sent me a drawing of an upgrade that included the installation of a heavier pass through tube for the wing struts (bottom of the plane) and also two additional frame braces in the same area on each side of the plane...
To make a long story short, I have no appreciable welding skills and I don't want to strip the cloth off my plane to start hacking more tubing in. I wouldn't have any problem with flying my floats at 1050 lb. I would take into consideration that I was heavier than design standards and pass on some more extreme manoeuvres. So far I still haven't reached the 950lb. gross and I still pass on extreme manoeuvres.
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Noel Loveys, RPP, AME intern
Campbellton, Newfoundland,
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Kitfox Mod III-A, 582, B box, Ivo IFA
Aerocet 1100s
noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca (noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca)
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