Weight Issues

[Bill Glaze]

Do you then propose to weigh the airplane with the electrolyte removed 
from the batteries?  Or, perhaps, also the plates and separators?  Bill 
Glaze

Richard Strickland wrote:

> Exactly what "handicap assist" are you referring to?
>  
> Richard
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: John Ferrell <mailto:johnferrell at earthlink.net>
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:56 PM
>     Subject: Re: Weight Issues
>
>     The electrics do not need a handicap assist. If you give them one
>     you might as well outlaw IC engines. Other than cost they already
>     have the advantage... and as technology moves along they will soon
>     dominate on their own. Get ready to get onboard or get ready to
>     find a new obsession (hobby?).
>      
>     John Ferrell   
>     http://DixieNC.US
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: Richard Strickland <mailto:richard.s at allied-callaway.com>
>         To: NSRCA <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>         Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:42 PM
>         Subject: Weight Issues
>
>         Gentlemen,
>          
>         It seems that the issue started (and someone please correct me
>         if I'm wrong) regarding weighing electrics with or without
>         their 'fuel'.  The discussion progressed to what constituted
>         the 'fuel' and I guess it ended up with the electrons only as
>         being 'it'.  Consequently--and it seemed a bit
>         arbitrary--someone 'ruled' that the batteries for our purposes
>         were part of the airframe.
>         I know very little about electricity--but I DO know it takes
>         the chemical mixture IN them to 'fuel' the 'engine'.  It would
>         seem logical to weigh electrics without their chemical mixture
>         'fuel' the same way we weigh others without their chemical
>         mixture 'fuel'. No big Rules Change--just a logical DECISION
>         on a QUESTION.
>          
>         Richard
>
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