Jeremy
Well-Known Member
I have an acquaintance who is interested in building one of these, under the new UK ultralight rule (weight less than 115kg (254lb), wing loading under 10kg/m² on empty weight).
The manufacturer quotes an empty weight of 238lbs, which is fine if it's achievable, but it seems a bit light to me. The wing area is OK to meet our rule, from what I can see.
As this chap will be importing a kit from the US to England, he's quite reasonably a bit concerned if it turns out to be too heavy for our rule in reality.
Has anyone here built one, or know of the real world empty weight please?
Jeremy
The manufacturer quotes an empty weight of 238lbs, which is fine if it's achievable, but it seems a bit light to me. The wing area is OK to meet our rule, from what I can see.
As this chap will be importing a kit from the US to England, he's quite reasonably a bit concerned if it turns out to be too heavy for our rule in reality.
Has anyone here built one, or know of the real world empty weight please?
Jeremy
