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DAquaNut(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject: 254 lbs.

Group,

 

  When I weighed my Firefly the first time it weighed 252 lbs   Legal!  After 

adding bigger wheels and brakes, 2 strobes and a ballistic  chute It now 

weighs 286 lbs. Legal would be 276 when you add the 24 lb allowance  to 254. My 

Question is what will the FAA do if you are flying 8 lbs over? Does  anyone know 

of someone that was weighed by the FAA and were less than 10  lbs over, or 

even a little more over??? Has ANYONE  ever been weighed by  the FAA? If so what 

was done?

       

 

           Ed  Diebel  (Firefly #62)

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planecrazzzy
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: 254 lbs.

Hi,

     My EAA Chapter has alot of FAT ul's....They avoid places where they could get a ramp check....PAC ( Pirate Air Corps )



  I have heard of a thousand dollar fine......But "IF" they knew you flew it....say....10 days....That would be a 10 thousand dollar fine....



  I don't know of anybody......but, I've heard of people getting mad and "turning in" the guys name to the FAA....One guy started cutting apart his airplane....



     What it's worth....my 2 cents...

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.

Gotta Fly...

                Mike in MN  N381PM



 	  DAquaNut(at)aol.com wrote: 	
		  Group,

 

  Question is what will the FAA do if you are flying 8 lbs over? Does  anyone know 

of someone that was weighed by the FAA and were less than 10  lbs over, or 

even a little more over??? Has ANYONE  ever been weighed by  the FAA? If so what 

was done?

       

 

           Ed  Diebel  (Firefly #62)

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blackbird

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 51

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject: 254 lbs.

Mike,

Please check to see if anyone in the PAC is from my 

area.......LOL......seems it is allful quite around here these days......

We are squadron 2 of PAC...LOL

Wayne

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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:07 am Post subject: 254 lbs.

it weighed 252 lbs   Legal!  After adding bigger wheels and brakes, 2 

strobes and a ballistic  chute It now weighs 286 lbs.>>



Hi,



I would think that if you had an accident your legality with the FAA is only 

the first of of your problems. If you fly illegally, that means 

automatically that no insurance will pay out. They are just looking for an 

excuse to hang onto the money. An argument that the changes you made 

increased the safety factor will cut no ice whatsoever. If the insurers are 

hep to the regulations THEY will insist on weighing, never mind the FAA.



The trouble is that all planes steadily increase in weight. It is some sort 

of disease that infests hangars.



Cheers



Pat



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