Sorry that should have read
> Whilst being one of the worlds greatest fans of light weight aircraft and
> in the process of building the worlds lightest 912 powered kit plane the
> notion that weight effects speed does NOT ring all the right bells. It
> certainaly effects climb which is directly effected by aircraft weight
but
> there seems to be little difference on the maximum speed of heavy Europas
> against light Europas. In terms of speed I think the aerodynamic
> cleanliness is the important factor possibly effected also by the
accuracy
> of the arofoils achieved by the builders. The greatest variation may be
in
> the measurement of the aircraft speed. In the fullness of time some
> differences may come to light when builders have correlated GPS readings
to
> ASI
>
> Light aircraft may fly faster when the wings etc have been reduced in
size
> to carry the reduced weight.
>
> Jerry
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