On Aug 26, 10:00 pm, Rich Ahrens wrote:
Roger (K8RI) wrote:
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:52:33 GMT, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:

"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message
roups.com...

1. How much cheaper is this thing going to be to produce than a
Skyhawk? ...
2. Where are they going to make this thing?
I think that we can safely leave #1 and #2 to Cessna management.
3. The average person who can afford an airplane in America now
weighs upwards of 250 lbs and some top 300.
To me, this is the real issue. The problem is not just with Cessna. other
2-seat LSAs also can't hold two real-world pilots.

Since the max 1320 pound gross weight maximum of the average LSA is set
more by the rule book than by engineering and physics, one must suspect that
these aircraft are being marketed with a wink. They are actually perfectly
capable of carrying more payload than they are certified for.

Can two 300 pounders fly this thing?

Lordy, two 300 pounders in the front seats of a Cherokee would be too
much. What 4 passenger production GA plane could take two 300 pounder
in the front seats and not be out of CG?

A 182, for one. For that matter, our old 177RG, if you threw some weight
in back for balance.

Thanks to the Miracle of Moment we can use a small weight at the very
tail to put forward CG in balance with low amounts of total mass. Most
airplanes are way longer from the CG back than from the CG front.