Montblack wrote:
Thanks for the answer.

You're welcome.

Ok, so 170 lbs worth of batteries it is! :-)

If you believe Altair. One rule of thumb for rechargeable batteries
is to apply a correction factor of 0.5 to the numbers the salesman
emits, which puts you up to 340 lbs. Also, call them up and see if they
can sell you some of their batteries if you give them a credit card
number. If they can't, then as far as you're concerned, their batteries
don't really exist.

I have 50 lbs 'to give' swapping over to electric. So now all I need
to do is find 120 remaining lbs (55 kg) of weight, and shave THAT off
the Empty Weight of the Cri-Cri.

Say the Battery Fairy gave you some batteries with an energy density
equal to gasoline. Then, going electric would let you lose the carbs,
cylinders, and exhaust pipes, which would probably help the drag a
little. The shape of an electric motor would make it easy to have a
nice smooth fairing over it, right behind the prop hub. Unfortunately
I've been putting dead D cells under my pillow for years and the Battery
Fairy has never shown up for me.

I wonder what a G1000 weighs, compared to steam gauges.

Matt Roberds