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Steve Sharpe's Blog – October 2014 Archive (2)

ZL flies again

CP50/65 G-AFZL has flown again following rebuild, at White Waltham on Monday 27 October. No snags, but a bit of tweaking required. 3 hour's of engine proving is required before Permit renewal test flight. Weight issue still to be resolved.

Added by Steve Sharpe on October 29, 2014 at 4:43am — 2 Comments

Help required - aircraft empty weight

Hi All,

Our CP50/65 G-AFZL is ready to fly following rebuild, trouble is we have a weight problem! It looks like we've gained over 100lbs in empty weight over the factory figure, which will mean that we might only be able to get her certificated as a single seater or have severe restrictions on payload (a good excuse to lose some personal weight maybe).

I find it difficult to see how we could be 100lbs overweight, although I do realise aircraft do gain weight over the…

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Added by Steve Sharpe on October 12, 2014 at 6:04am — 1 Comment

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