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<DIV>I helped a friend to build the Abbra with ZDZ 40. If I remember right the engine was 53 oz without ignition system. Therefore the savings is 10 oz. with the new F3A engine. The plane is now 11lb 5 oz with Hyde mount. With the new ZDZ 40 F3A it would be easily below 11 bls. </DIV>
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<DIV>For sure it has more than enough power and the engine is easy to run and start.</DIV>
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<DIV>Vicente Bortone</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "brett terry" <brett.terry@gmail.com> <BR>The new ZDZ40 F3A version looks nice. It should be in the 43 oz range with ignition, plug, and all hardware so figure another 4 oz for battery and switch and 10 oz for a quiet pipe. This leaves 7 lbs 7 oz for the rest of the airframe. And an 11# plane with this much power on tap could fly a long time with an 8 - 10 oz tank over the cg. <BR><BR>If Mark Hunt's Insight can weigh 9.5# with the YS 1.40, it just might make weight with this engine.<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/25/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Mike Hester</B> <<A href="mailto:kerlock@comcast.net"> kerlock@comcast.net</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><BR>if you haven't heard, ZDZ is coming out with a new 40cc f3A engine this <BR>summer. this thing will turn as large of a prop as the electrics. The weight<BR>increase over glow isn't even half as bad as electric. This alone could do<BR>great things for us in crossing certain invisible barriers. <BR><BR>-Mike<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Ryan Smith" <<A href="mailto:smaragdz@bellsouth.net">smaragdz@bellsouth.net</A>><BR>To: <<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org </A>><BR>Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:51 PM<BR>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Was Mini Brio, Now Pattern Longitevity<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>