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"Do I understand
that you imply the 300-series wing that was load tested is the same as the
200's?"
The 235 and 320/360 wings are
structurally VERY different.
I am building a 360 and a friend of
mine is building a 235, so I have seen both wings in disassembeled
state.
The spar caps on the 235 are only
about 2/3 as thick as the 320/360, which translates to a lot less
carbonfiber.
Since anything we build in this
country has to be thoroughly tried, tested and documented, both of us
needed factory verification of our data for the wing load
test.
The factory (Ross) gave us the
following numbers:
L-235, max. GW 1400 lbs. This figure
was never and will never be raised.
L-320/360 max. take off
weight 1790 lbs., max. landing weight 1685 lbs. The take off weight was
raised from the original 1685 lbs. to 1790 lbs. and this is the absolute max.
weight at which the plane can be flown safely ( I asked for 1800
lbs.).
Regards
Tim Jorgensen
Denmark
360MKIIOBFB /
65%
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