On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 5:15:04 AM UTC-6, Eric Munk wrote:
Indeed. Probably done in order to increase allowable max cockpit load, as
battery in wing falls under lifting parts, reducing actual weight of
non-lifting parts.


At 14:49 22 April 2015, Luke Szczepaniak wrote:
On 04/22/2015 8:56 AM, Mark628CA wrote:
Thanks to all. 200-225 sounds right. I wasn't aware there was a
provision
in the wing for a battery. Eric, could you explain?

The battery box for standard 9AH led acid batteries is located in the
left wing root baggage compartment.

Luke


Doubt that. The wing root is just a handy place to put the battery. There's plenty of room in the other root for an O2 bottle.