Weight Issues

[Bill Glaze]

No doubt.  But, to my knowledge, there exists no practical way to empty 
the battery of all it's components, leaving just the shell.  Is there 
such a way?

Richard Strickland wrote:

> Are they not part of the 'chemical mixture'?
>  
> Richard
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Bill Glaze <mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:17 PM
>     Subject: Re: Weight Issues
>
>     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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