Id charge him for 2 seats. --- On Sun, 11/29/09, Richard Wilkens <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Richard Wilkens <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Flying the Coupe overweight? To: "jwardercoupe" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 9:57 AM I will fly my Coupe up to 1,400 gross weight, but I live in a area that requires me fly out of county airports with 6,000 to 10,000 feet of runway. The air frame as been factory and field test to that weight, so as long as the density altitude is under 5,000 or so I don’t have a problem with it (for me that means winter time because the airports are 5,000 to 8,000 msl). If you have flown with yourself and a passenger totaling 450 with any type of fuel load you were most likely over 1,260 gross weight or you have one of those Coupes with an empty weight of 700 pounds. I never compute balance for may Coupe, but always know the weight. With a load like that, I think would compute weight and balance. I would say no just on the point of him getting in and out of the plane. I don’t know if the seat pan could hold that much without damaging the windows. Just say NO Richard NC99904 At 07:59 AM 11/29/2009, jwardercoupe wrote: I have had my Coupe for a little over a year and have flown many friends and family. Only once did I take off with a guy that weighed about 270 and I weigh 180 which put me at near max takeoff weight. I barely made it off a little grass strip. My question is could I take off with 6,000 ft. of paved runway altitude of 225 ft. ASL and a guy that weighs about 320? That would put me at 500 lbs and I know that is over weight, but would it be safe if the weather was great and I had lots of runway to takeoff? What does the group think of this? Jerry in the Great Nortwest.
