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    your xair may be a 450 kg , flyboy is saying the 490 has a thicker trailing edge. did you still need a poh. i can get office works to copy mine , its no problem.
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    had the same and had to remove it and put the new lower limit on.
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    great info, thanks. my first 2 xairs were 544 and the new one is 490, thats because the builders of the first 2 put 544 on the papaerwork. both those planes have been downgraded to 450 and 490 . i actually agree with raaus in a way, i don't think the builder of a kit should decide the mtow, it should come from the manufacturer.
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    thanks for the photo. great idea. i have read your old posts about flying to cameron corner . what a fantastic trip .
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    It's all changed. Flyboys is quoting out of date info. U have been through this 3 times now. 544 kg was the maximum a homebuilder could have in raaus. The factory says 490 is the maximum so raaus are dropping the mtow each time an xair gets transferred. The 450 is the British mtow. I don't know why they used that for some.
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    Jared is the one who changed it. But he would have been directed from above
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    Wrong.
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    How did you Increase your fuel capacity. I would love to do that. The 618 likes plenty of fuel.
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    2 of my xairs started as 544kg and were for years . Then when ownership transfer was applied for the 544 got cancelled. But to give me a 50 kg increase because I threatened to cancel my membership just shows what a flawed system it is.
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    I want to carry a passenger and 450 doesn't allow that. But like you say. No one is going to check it anyway.
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    That's exactly what they do. They tried to drop mine from 544 to 450. I said don't go any further with it and cancel my membership. Next minute I get a call offering to make it 490. Absolute rubbish. It's all because casa are looking at everything they do I think.
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    I would not remove the fastback. It would be ugly with the fuel tanks and battery hanging out in the open. Also the luggage compartment would not be useable.
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    Mine is 490. My first 2 were 544
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    it will get signed off with no drama. A lot of them are registered as 544 and raaus have decided not to allow it any more.
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    What is the mtow
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    When is the maiden flight . climb at 50 knts And don't drop under 45 landing. Greatest fun you can have for the money. Extremely forgiving of learners like me. Rotates around 40 knts.
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    There is a bloke on here but I forget his name. He made new batten ends with a 48 mm holesaw and Teflon sheet. That gives the correct radius. The factory ends are too small and pop out all the time. I do mine a different way. I give them a squirt of kiwi grip . No more trouble. I don't plan on removing them so it works for me.
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    why not a flight suit. you can look like maverick when you exit the sonex
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    Dreamliner also has powerful generators
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    The star lifter must have a fairly high rating the way they throw them around.
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    I looked up the c130 , it has a max payload 2.5 g so even less than your 3 g.
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    I thought all Hercules would have started life as military aircraft.
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    Brendan There's Plenty of ways a wing can come off a Fire Bomber. Pulling excess "G" is the Most Likely. Nev. Everyone knows that. I merely passed on something I heard on a story about a herc losing its wings. The ad may have been for fatigue inspections or possibly strengthening an area of the main spa. I don't remember but will try to find the article . It was a pretty dramatic video.
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