Yet another variable is what the cloth wings were covered with. The old dope and cloth may weigh a lot different than say Ceconite or Stits. It has been a long time, but I seem to think that the dope wings were quite a bit heavier than the modern coverings. Anybody care to comment on that?
--- In [email protected], john kuhfahl <johnkuhf...@...> wrote: > > My wings were professionally .016" aluminum covered and the total weight > increase (both wings) is 21 pounds. That seems right to me. .016" just > doesn't weigh much. John > > --- On Sat, 3/13/10, iflysmo...@... <iflysmo...@...> wrote: > > From: iflysmo...@... <iflysmo...@...> > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] wing weight > To: e...@..., [email protected] > Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 3:48 PM > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Ed: The weight difference between these two pair of wings was 40 > pounds. 20 pounds per wing. > Lynn >  > > In a message dated 3/13/2010 10:16:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > e...@edburkhead. com writes: > > >  > James Brennan called > me on my interpretation of Lynnâs sentence. I over-eagerly read it the > way I thought it should be. (Thank you, Jim.) >  > Lynn > wrote: > > Hey Ed: I was > the one who weighed a fabric covered wing and > > a metal covered > wing. I had a pair of metal covered wings in > > the hangar as > well as a freshly covered set of fabric wings. As > > you reported, > the difference was 20 pounds between them. >  > Lynn, would you > please clarify, is the weight difference 20 pounds per pair of wings > or 20 pounds per > wing? >  > Ed >
