Fly Synthesis Texans over factory empty weight?
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Fly Synthesis Texans over factory empty weight?
CASA recently advised that some LSA Texans built by Fly Synthesis in Italy have been found to be in excess of 100Kg over their factory published empty weight. How can this be?
Most aircraft if not all are sold through agents. The aircraft may leave the factory as a basic model and without the many options that can be added later by the agent as a buyers option. The POH/Flight/Owners pre-printed manual will provide the data for the basic factory model. The weight and balance report of the modified aeroplane is therefore the overriding document and is inserted within the manual. If the aircraft is sold by the factory as a completed ready to fly aeroplane they will also provide the actual W & B report including the modifications the buyer has stipulated.
I'm not sure from which you quote but I suspect the heads up was issued to remind owners to always refer to the W & B report and not the manual alone.
I'm not sure from which you quote but I suspect the heads up was issued to remind owners to always refer to the W & B report and not the manual alone.
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their factory published empty weight.
If CASA is advising this, they're either saying that the factory made an error on a number of airplanes, (incorrect scale calibration), or people are referencing the wrong document - sales brochure. If in doubt, reweigh the plane. An airplane flying at an uncertain weight, is most likely also flying at an uncertain C of G position, which could be every bit as serious a situation.
CASA recently advised that some LSA Texans built by Fly Synthesis in Italy have been found to be in excess of 100Kg over their factory published empty weight.
And I have heard testimonies - by importers! - confirming @Fl1ingfrog 's story of weight figures shifting along their trade path.
Last edited by Jan Olieslagers; 24th Nov 2020 at 18:41. Reason: un-generalisation
...... they're either saying that the factory made an error on a number of airplanes, (incorrect scale calibration), or people are referencing the wrong document - sales brochure. If in doubt, reweigh the plane. An airplane flying at an uncertain weight, is most likely also flying at an uncertain C of G position, which could be every bit as serious a situation.
I agree with Jan that a 100 Kg error for a LSA/Microlite/Ultralight is a massive error. Shocking if true.
Last edited by Fl1ingfrog; 24th Nov 2020 at 18:12.
I've seen the same on a French aeroplane that, strangely enough, failed to gain approval through an airworthiness office I was in charge of at the time.
Put bluntly, there are people out there who don't have the level of integrity that should be there in our industry.
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Put bluntly, there are people out there who don't have the level of integrity that should be there in our industry.
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Last edited by Pilot DAR; 25th Nov 2020 at 12:06. Reason: typo