Hawker range and tips
125-800 Range
Lot of people do not believe what an 800 will do with proper planning, The 7 hours was Morgantown PA to Luton. 3100 nm (did have a good tail wind tho).
Would love to put the wing tips on our 800 but it is an early serial number with a low max zero fuel weight of 17,570 lbs. Hawker will not allow an increase in the MZFW so the 170 odd Lbs the wing tips weigh would cost me a passenger. Surely there is a case for not including the weight of the tips as they do not contribute to wing bending, in fact I would have thought the reverse. Any ideas from people who have a better idea on aero engineering?
PS. Do the tips really make much of a difference?