"Newps" wrote in message
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RV's are great if you don't need to carry anything other than a
toothbrush.

The truth is that any of the 2 seat RV's except the RV-4 can carry between
60 and 100 pounds of baggage plus full fuel and two normal sized adults.
The final numbers depend on how careful the builder was in keeping the
aircraft's weight down and avoiding an aft empty CG.

My airplane, an RV-6, has a useful load of about 650 lbs. That's 38 gallons
of fuel plus another 420 lbs of whatever else you want to load in the
airplane. If you plan to run the main dry, 60 pounds in the baggage
compartment is about the max allowable due to CG issues. In my case, 38
gallons is 4 hours @155-160 knots plus a 45 minute reserve.

KB