"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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wrote:

Oh yes that's for sure (and big fat tires). Like I said, for now, I
just want to focus on the wing. Do you know if I'm going to save some
weight with the conversion?

Jizhong

A better starting question might be "do you know what you are doing"?

I didn't want to ask that first, but now that you did....

Conventional wisdom says that adding any extra systems, such as slats, will
not save any weight, but rather, add weight. You were talking about taking
away some substantial weight, right? Where is that coming from?

Doubtful that the airfoil would be the right one to take full advantage of
slats, either. It is also likely even more weight would have to be added to
the wing structure to handle the extra lift, if you got the slats to work.

You dismissed the getting around the FAA, like it was of little consequence.
It is not, and might be the greatest hurdle to jump.

Things that make you go "hummm."
--
Jim in NC


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