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Basic Choices and Weights, This airplane is intended to carry two occupants (a pilot and one passenger) and the fuel required to keep the engine running at least the length of time we want to enjoy flying. The weight of each occupant is estimated at 190 pounds, and the fuel consumption at a rate of 6 gallons per hour (gph) per 100 hp installed. And, here’s a warning about our engine selection. Never design a new airplane to be equipped with a new, unknown engine. You simply double the potential problems (we learned this from experience), and your fantastic design may become a failure because of an unreliable engine… or vice versa! Empty Weight (We) Next we have to estimate the empty weight of our new airplane. We do this by choosing one of the columns in the following table. – Column 1 is for a very basic airplane with a very good design. – Column 2 or 3 equates with a simple airplane and a good design. – Column 4 equates to a classic airplane, simple to build and with adequate strength. Yes, this is a wide range of aircraft options! Let us not overestimate our design capability, especially if this is our first attempt at designing an airplane. For a simple design, we choose a simple, plain flap, and we do not forget that the flap portion of the wing is only about one-half of the wingspan (the ailerons occupy the outboard one-half span approximately). If our design has to fit in the Light-Sport Aircraft category, our wing area must be 137 square feet. Again, we have to make choices: – High or low wing? – Tricycle or taildragger gear? – Tractor or pusher configuration? – Open or enclosed cockpit? – Your imagination is the limit!

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