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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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 Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject: Wing weight? |
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Anyone have a guess what one XL wing weighs?
-- Craig
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nfivesl(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject: Wing weight? |
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Craig:
I don't know but I have two of them and they aren't light. Did you weigh one of yours? Don't make me go in the garage and try to get one of those big boys on my scale.
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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject: Wing weight? |
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I'm not worried about mine being too heavy. I'm just finishing my wing
cradle in preparation for moving the wings to my hanger. I'm trying to see
how many inches of foam I need along the nose to keep it from bottoming out.
We'll have a race Scott - who can get their plane to the hanger first. I
think my wings will beat yours there but I suspect your fuselage will beat
mine. And I'm certain you will be flying before me.
-- Craig
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xl(at)prosody.org
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject: Wing weight? |
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My guess: 75 pounds.
I could carry a wing around myself with a clecoed handle.
Wild ass calculation (to make my guess seem educated):
empty weight of plane = 717 pounds.
minus FWF ~200 pounds
minus main gear ~50 pounds
leaves ~470 pounds.
Assuming the fuselage + tail weigh 2x the wings (312#):
each wing weighs 1/6 of 470 pounds or 78 pounds (2 wings=156#).
Anyway the wings must be < 100 pounds.
I'm not willing to take a wing off + weigh it!
Joe E
N633Z (at) BFI
CH601XL, 401 hours
do not archive - for entertainment purposes only - might not be correct -
someone will weigh one or calculate the weight from the plans and I don't
want my inaccurate guess archived.
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, Craig Payne wrote:
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Anyone have a guess what one XL wing weighs?
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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:12 am Post subject: Wing weight? |
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My wing cradles have web strapping like a sling for the nose to rest in so I
didn't worry about weighing them. Two of us carried them without any strain
at all.... we even had to wrangle them out through a 32" wide door onto an
exterior landing and down the stairs to ground level. They were built in a
workshop above my father's garage to make it convenient for him to join in
the fun. My guess is we were each carrying (SWAG method employed here) maybe
30 - 40 pounds? I'd be surprised if each wing weighed more than 80 pounds
(dry) but the ailerons and flaps were not on them yet so add that weight if
appicable in your case. everything else was on the wing including a bit of
extra skin at the inboard end because I haven't trimmed that area yet.
Hope that helps,
Ed Moody II
Rayne, LA
601XL/Jabiru/cabin area
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I'm not worried about mine being too heavy. I'm just finishing my wing
cradle in preparation for moving the wings to my hanger. I'm trying to see
how many inches of foam I need along the nose to keep it from bottoming
out.
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heatonhe36(at)msn.com
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| Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:54 am Post subject: Wing weight? |
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Craig,
Mine came close to 70 lb. without ailerons or flaps.
Herb
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Subject: Wing weight?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:16:22 -0600
Anyone have a guess what one XL wing weighs?
-- Craig
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