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Re: Re: Europa-List: Europa XS 'conventional' landing gear

Subject: Re: Re: Europa-List: Europa XS 'conventional' landing gear
From: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:00:20

I thought the XS was originally advertised as having lighter wings than the
Classic.
A "20lb saving" claim comes to mind. Classic wings are typically about 95lbs
each; how heavy are the XS wings?

Duncan McF.

----- Original Message -----
From: "nigel charles" <nigelcharles@tiscali.co.uk>
There may be a very slight weight
> increase for the XS but it is not that much. I have a Classic and a friend
> of mine locally has an XS with similar specification and we have almost
> identical empty weights (around 850lb). Most of the differences are in the
> wings. There is no way that each wing on an XS weighs 35lb more than a
> Classic. >
> Nigel Charles
>




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