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="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><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.
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