Woes me!

[Fooey]

Woes Me!!! I found a beautiful taylorcraft with a great price and a totally useless useful load.
350 useful. Now I weigh 195 and gas a 108, well yall can do the math. It seems old aircraft gain weight as they get older just like the pilots who fly them. Just wondering what some of your useful loads are? When new this one was 450 useful, so it has gained 100 lbs. I don't think the wifey wants to sit at home all the time whilst I go have fun with it. Woes me......

[M Towsley]

Re: Woes me!

Well, to help a little you won't be using the wing tanks, (usually). I only do if I am going somewhere far and I want a little extra time for safety reasons. So right there you can save 36 pounds. Two hours seems to be the limit for most folks in these so the main tank should work nicely.

(Lose some weight) That will give you some extra leeway. Good luck!!!

[Joe cooper]

Re: Woes me!

Well, to help a little you won't be using the wing tanks, (usually). I only do if I am going somewhere far and I want a little extra time for safety reasons. So right there you can save 36 pounds. Two hours seems to be the limit for most folks in these so the main tank should work nicely.

(Lose some weight) That will give you some extra leeway. Good luck!!!

Mr. Towsley has my vote. His answer is correct. IF the airplane is really a nice one, and comes with a fresh ANNUAL buy it! You will seldom use the wing tanks, I always kept them empty to save weight. More important: What prop does it have? VERY important, especially in hot weather. How long is the runway you will use most of the time? Has the airplane always been hangared? If you really like it, BUY IT! easy to fly! lots of fun!

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Woes me!

I think a lot of the guys here have removed the gross weight to make their planes lighter. ;-)

Kind of like the B-35s in the Pacific in WW-II. The guys on the front added LOADS of guns in the nose and in one case a piece of field artillery! Tore up ships really nice! When the North American reps saw it they asked "WHAT ABOUT THE CG! The response was they took it out to save weight.

You will find after you get her she probably has a bunch of useless junk aboard that isn't even in the logs you can pull out. I tool over 20# of unused wire in the tail of mine! I guess at some time they were using her for electronic warfare.

Hank

[M Towsley]

Re: Woes me!

Yea, they did that to B-25's, too, Hank.

Just one little number makes all the difference.

Was it wire or large gauge cable you pulled out? 20 pounds? Wow!

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Woes me!

Fat fingers, close keys. ;-)

Can you imagine a CANNON in the nose of a flying wing?!?!?!?

Hank

[birdlegs]

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After purchasing 95169, I must have removed 45# of useless metal,wind generator,(that looked the size of a Wyoming windmill) 60' of wire that mice had devoured the insulation,and a Lear Tube radio that weighed close to 15 lbs. Heck I took out 15lbs of upolstery that didn't touch any part of my body.

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Woes me!

Taylorcrafts gain weight like Kirstie Alley living next door to a buffet restaurant with a free pass!

Hank

DIET them! Best performance improvers you can have is lower EW and lower drag.