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Old 12th April 2011 | 09:08
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Genghis the Engineer
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Or just accept flying a lower performance microlight! There are plenty with 200+kg total payload, they just aren't usually the ultra high performance hot-ships.

I have flown a 503 engined Easy Raider with a 198kg ZFW and 450kg MTOW; nearly impossible to get near MTOW (we did it once for performance testing - the aeroplane was full of sandbags).

The exception is probably the BanBi, which manages payload and performance.


EDMJ: It's pretty much impossible to certify a 450kg microlight in the UK with an empty weight above 268kg thanks to a rule which requires the aeroplane to be able to take 2 x 86kg + 1 hrs fuel at MTOP. I think that in Germany you use 2 x 77kg and 30mins fuel; I suspect that the last 77kg German pilot however was Hannah Reich !

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