not sure if I would fit your description of hefty?
I'm a lean 1.92m 87 kg. (photo available on application . . . please send yours . . . )
aircraft empty weight is 714kg. MTOW 1,100 kgs (book figure). Long range tanks 220 litres = 158 kgs (SG 0.72).
Noise depends on prop and power settings. For take-off a definitive deep growl - the aircraft means business and starts climbing
- I love it
. Others can wait for the curvature of the planet.
flyme.