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Old January 18th 07, 01:40 AM posted to rec.aviation.owning
karl gruber[_1_]
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Default Cherokee 235 vs Trinidad vs Comanche

I doubt you have that much. They useful ALWAYS go down when actually
weighed, and the TRUTH comes out.

Karl
I should talk, my 185 lost 50# of useful when I weighed her. The factories
always lied about aircraft weight, and didn't have to weigh each one.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
I think Jay is saying he has 1460 lbs useful load on his airplane.
I question that. I cannot believe he has an additional 230 lbs of
useful
load unless there is a drop in the max gross weight between the 235 and
the 236/Dakota. His BEW simply cannot be that much lower.



http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/cont...athfinder.html
1974 Piper Pathfinder specs (scroll down)


According to that chart, I was off by 10 pounds. ("Only" 1450
pounds...)

Luckily, I just removed an old DME from the panel that weighed about
that much...

;-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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