Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:26 am
#1834077
@skydriller - if I wasn't poor and fat I'd love one of those.
DaveW wrote:If only I had videos to add.
RisePilot wrote:If you really want to expand your options, try helicopters.
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Nero wrote:I do like the look of the Ikarus. There's a very enjoyable channel on YouTube of an Ikarus owner.
The running and purchase costs are very appealing too.
But... How do you fit more than one person in there??
Using Skydemon = 180kg usable, round numbers, and fuel is 50kg of that gone. I'm 105kg currently. Leaves enough for a bit of kit and a packlunch.
Maybe that's enough
~ Scott
flyingearly wrote:Just to add: disregard the CAA 'average' figures:Thanks for the maths, confirms what I suspected. I've also lost 10kg this year but I'll be 6ft under when I next weigh 83kg.
UK average male weighs 83.6kg
UK average female weighs 70.2kg
Average weight of clothes is 0.8kg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11534042
https://tiphero.com/subtract-the-weight-of-clothes
So, to add - 2 average UK male adults can't fly together within MTOW.
Miscellaneous wrote:My faith is restored that there are others that fly for the sake of flying and not merely as a means of visiting various greasy spoons cafes for the purpose of compare and contrast. That's a different hobby in my book.
Nero wrote:The OP and other social channels show it to be a gateway to lots of flying fun!
skydriller wrote:foxmoth wrote:When they make a +/- 6g microlight I might think again
They do : There is a guy with two (one for sale) at my aerodrome.
https://www.murphyair.com/detail/renegade.html
http://www.aeromax.fr/fichier_occasions/index_occasions.htm
The aircraft type is not cleared for aerobatics in the UK.so still not fitting my brief
The insured value of my aircraft is now at 205% of the price I paid for the RV six years ago. That differential buys a lot of Avgas.yes, but then to get the benefit of that you need to sell the aircraft!
foxmoth wrote: but then to get the benefit of that you need to sell the aircraft!
flyingearly wrote:With BRS fitted:
Empty weight 288kg for the 100HP 912s
MTOW 472.5
Burns 12 lph @ 0.76 SG, so keeping a reasonable 20l reserve means 24 kg for 1 hour's flying (inc reserve)
So, you've got 160.5kg to play with, reducing by 9kg for every extra hour's endurance you want.