Weight & horsepower

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/30/2003 9:44:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tomshaw at chartermi.net writes:


> Subj:Weight & horsepower 
> Date:8/30/2003 9:44:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:tomshaw at chartermi.net">tomshaw at chartermi.net</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:discussion at nsrca.org">discussion at nsrca.org</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:discussion at nsrca.org">discussion at nsrca.org</A>
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
> I have a couple of newbie questions,
>  
> Is it possible to build a plane that is too light?
> With all of the horse power available today would it make sense to build a 
> little heavier? (not too heavy)  
> I'm thinking a little heavier plane might handle high wind conditions better 
> than a light one.
>  
> Tom Shaw
> 

why would you think that? A lighter plane flies pattern aerobatics 
better/easier. Wind doesn't matter as much as you think. You would just learn to handle 
it, and a lighter plane will tend to dampen quicker in the wind.

Regarding hp, a lighter plane will not need as much, for a typically sized 
plane, so you'll need to learn throttle control and speed management. It's all 
part of the same game.

Matt K
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20030830/584547ec/attachment.html