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Old January 11th 04, 07:08 PM
MKEENE221
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Add a parachute say 7kg, plus a litre of water and a bit of personal kit - 2
kg and there you are at 127kg in the cockpit. 127 - 110 = 17 kg or about 15%
over the manufacturers specification. Hope you're registered Experimental!


Not sure where those numbers came from, but lets do the math. Pilot at 205lbs.
(93kg), parachute 15lbs (7kg), even more drinking water for the desert contests
(1US gal.) 8lbs (3.6kg). Now we're up to 228lbs (103.6kg). Assuming he'll use
water ballast, add 2gal. water in tail and 8 lb tail weight and we're up to
252lbs (114.5kg). According to my Discus 2 manual, that leaves him 18lbs.
(8kg) before he is up to the max useful load of 270lbs. (122.7kg).

Sounds like a nice fit to me. Plenty of room too, as I'm 6'2", 190 lbs. and
very comfortable.

Mark Keene