Vans website says RV7 will weigh ____lb minimum. Remove a seat, a stick and seat belt - what? 4-5lb? What would no paintwork save? 10kg?
There's also a red C152L in the back of Aust Aviation wearing telephone numbers. Factory also says these weigh ____lb.
Yes, empty, both fit under the 544kg MTOW limit, no question.
But it doesn't leave much for useful stuff, like a driver and motion lotion. It would be fair to say an average bloke is 80kg and assume a minimum of 60 litres (44kg) fuel needed.
544 - 80 - 44 = 420 empty weight, a saving of 60kg from the factory listed weight of each bird? Come off it! Let's enlist the help of Pauline Hanson now for comment........
So back to the topic of this thread. "yes"