110 pounds for engine dry weight is WAY too heavy, Pat.

Not that it's to heavy for an 85 hp engine (it's not bad at all)

BUT..
FAR103.7 dictates an empty wet (for the entire airplane) as 254 pounds.
So 110 pounds for the engine is completely out of the question.

I've thought about building another Texas Parasol - as light as
possible - with a
Rotax 503 for power - but it's looks like about 300 pounds is the best
I could
expect.

Nice airplane, but I don't think the Friendly Aviation Agency would buy
the idea
that the extra weight is purely a safety feature (a good solid
structure weighs more
than a fiberglass seat bolted to an aluminum tube keel "fuselage"
- but it provides much better pilot protection in case of an accidental
contact with
the ground, etc)

Well, put like that, maybe????


Richard