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Greyhawk -

When I have some real numbers I'll switch to graph paper.  I don't even kno=
w what my empty weight is yet -- I was guessing (perhaps optimistically) 11=
00 pounds.  I also don't know the actual fuel requirement as a function of =
airspeed and gross weight.  I also only had rough measurements of a ferry t=
ank capacity.  I was mostly trying to determine whether it was possible at =
all and whether it had been done before.

From what I have been able to determine, it may be doable but is definitely=
 marginal.  Certainly it may be fun to see if I can do it -- even if I demo=
nstrate it to myself by flying from California to Massachusetts.  =20

I had been toying with the idea several years ago, but gave up the idea sin=
ce I didn't want to leave my wife without a husband for something that was =
really not that important.  The risk/benefit just wasn't there.  Now that t=
his is no longer an issue I have been thinking of it again.  You guys have =
given me some good ideas to consider, and some data points to gather in my =
initial flight test program.

- Rob Wolf

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<div>Greyhawk -</div>


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<div>When I have some real numbers I'll switch to graph paper.&nbsp; I don'=
t even know what my empty weight is yet -- I was guessing (perhaps optimist=
ically) 1100 pounds.&nbsp; I also don't know the actual fuel requirement as=
 a function of airspeed and gross weight.&nbsp; I also only had rough measu=
rements of a ferry tank capacity.&nbsp; I was mostly trying to determine wh=
ether it was possible at all and whether it had been done before.</div>


<div>&nbsp;</div>


<div>From what I have been able to determine, it may be doable but is defin=
itely marginal.&nbsp; Certainly it may be fun to see if I can do it -- even=
 if I demonstrate it to myself by flying from California to Massachusetts.&=
nbsp;&nbsp; </div>


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<div>I had been toying with the idea several years ago, but gave up the ide=
a since I didn't want to leave my wife without a husband for something that=
 was really not that important.&nbsp; The risk/benefit just wasn't there.&n=
bsp; Now that this is no longer an issue I have been thinking of it again.&=
nbsp; You guys have given me some good ideas to consider, and some data poi=
nts to gather in my initial flight test program.</div>


<div>&nbsp;</div>


<div>- Rob Wolf</div>
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