Sounds like your on the right track...
WOW, That's a lot of weight...
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Sounds like take-off weight for my Buttercup...and it's got a 0-235
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My two seat Kolb Firestar is about 625 lb with me on take-off...( 50 hp )
Does your Hornet compare with Challengers in the weight area ?
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Gotta Fly...
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I think the early Hornets were very similar to the Challengers as far as gross weight goes. At some point they redesigned the wing, added a second wing strut, stretched the fuselage 5-6", bolted on the Rotax 912s and increased the gross weight to 1320lbs. Mine is a bit of a mutt because I have the modified wing, second strut, short fuselage and a Hirth 3703! W/B is below...I'm using the old short fuselage CG range and the increased gross weight.
Sport Hornet N428LG Empty Weight 677 lbs Gross Weight 1,320 lbs Useful Load 643 lbs * Fuel loading in gal (US) (for calculation into lbs: x 6) Weight Arm Moment (Empty Weight) Airplane 677 lbs 99 '' 67,067 Pilot lbs 52 '' Passenger lbs 80 '' Fuel (max 18 gal) * lbs 88 '' Total lbs Center of Gravity Forward Limit: 84.0 '' Center of Gravity Rear Limit: 90.5 ''
That's a good useful load...
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Do you know what your fuel burn is now that you have your prop pitch adjusted ?
Actually... you might pitch it for climb around the patch...
and bump it for cruise if yer going somewhere.......?
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Two seater are great for packing up the Camping gear and Heading out...
Don't forget the Dog...
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Gotta Fly...
Mike & "Jaz" the Flying Dogz
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Prior to the repitch we were burning about 4.5gph at 3,000' at 5,000RPM. I'm running a custom triple exhaust in lieu of the factory single and they were able to lean it out a bit when they tweaked the engine program. Looks like you two were packed and ready to roll in the pictures. Where are you based at? I'm in Springfield IL at 3IS5 (Holmes Airport).
Yeah, That was before I started building my Wittman Buttercup...
The Guys would gather at Baraboo WI before O$HCA$H ...
Mostly Wittman W-10 Tailwinds...
I was Flying from the Twin Cities... it was a couple hundred miles away...
We'd camp over night and fly back the next day...
As I'd wander around... Jaz would go back to guard the plane...
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Here she is getting tucked in... Sweater on for 3,000 ft and Mutt Muffs
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Gotta Fly...
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