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Hartmut It's very tight for us on the 415C... I actually had to drain fuel off my wing tanks once, before a dual cross country with my CFI... Eliacim Cortes N87071 Quoting Hartmut Beil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > Balloons loose the helium pretty fast. I know it, I have Kids. > > However, staying within the gross weight limitations is important. The gross > > weight of the plane might not be so much of a consideration when flying from > > sea level airports. > When one on the other hand tries to fly out of Grand canyon international on > > a September afternoon, it is an issue as you might discover by the end of > the runway. I did and I am taking it into carefully consideration. > > My weight and balance calculations showed me that when I fly with a > passenger, I need to know his weight. if he's heavy (more than 150 pounds) > then I have to have a plan when it comes to higher altitude. > > I am flying a 415-E conversion. I wonder how the C and C/D pilots handle it. > > Hartmut > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dennis spiegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ctech" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:30 PM > Subject: RE: WRB Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Considering buying > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > Why not fill all three tires with helium and stuff as many helium filled > > > balloons in the plane as you can to lighten the gross wt ???? ds BTW it > > costs less too > > > > Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ----[Please read > > http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this > > forum.]---- > > > > > > Dave asked: > >> How much weight can you save by removing that little > >> aluminum cover from the elbow on the nose gear? > > > > > > Dave, > > > > The nose gear fairing weighs hardly anything. As long as you do NOT have a > > snubber cable, the nose gear can extend fully and the fairing then gives > > you > > very close to a one (1) mph increase in speed, according to Fred Weick, > > the > > Ercoupe designer. > > > > Ed Burkhead > > http://edburkhead.com > > ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove "???") > > > > > > > ============================================================================== > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > > ============================================================================== > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > > > > > ============================================================================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
