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Why all the fuss, Aircraft specification No. A-718 and A-787 that covers all coupes specifically states that if you metal plate the wings you ADD 32 lb. at +36". A prudent owner would also re-weigh the aircraft to verify the numbers and don't forget, add paint, add more weight. Rich Blair N99997 4J6 St. Marys, Georgia. Jim Duffy wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > I have said it before and will say it again. A friend of mine had an Ercoupe > and his had metal wings and his empty weight was approximately 40 pounds > heavier than mine, which has fabric wings. They all have paint and it > depends on which kind and how much you use will determine how much of a > weight increase. I was told once that a paint job on a B-52 added about 900 > pounds.. Jim N87349 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hartmut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Jim Phelps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Coupe-List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:29 PM > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] RE: [COUPERS-TECH] fabric wings > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > Ed , all. > > > > After our last long discussion about metalized versus fabric wings, we > > came to the conclusion that the metal material to cover both wings > > weights roughly 40 pounds. > > > > Now, if you would then still cover these wings with fabric and paint > > them, you would have added a true 40 pound to the empty weight of the > aircraft. > > > > But since we remove the remove the dope soaked fabric we have to > > subtract the weight of the removed material to do a fair comparison. > > > > Nobody could tell us so far what the weight of the fabric (painted) > > actually is. > > > > I estimate it at least 10 pounds each side, leaving 20 pounds or even > > more off the calculation. > > > > With that in mind, metal wings do not look too bad I think. > > > > Hartmut > > > > > ========================================================================== == > == > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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