182 STOL driver wrote:EB

"I'm a A&P /I.A and weigh aircraft all the time -- Scales are Calibrated ever other year to be within .1 Percent of each pad from National Bureau of Standards certification. $350 for you + expenses -- everyone else $250 + expenses .[/quote]"

I'm not familiar with the Natinal Bureau of Standards Certification I think you mean your scales are calibrated and certified to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). But what do I know, I'm not an I/A or A&P....

All joking aside the early ones when all stripped down can get pretty light.

182 STOL driver wrote:
Empty weight 1522 gross 2550 = 1028 useful

That's super light Bill. The published empty weight is 1540 as I'm sure you know. I used to fly around with an air Taxi guy in Alaska who had a 180 with no interior trim panels at all. The seats were upholstered in plain tan canvas and there was no carpet. His had a Robertson kit if I remember right. I have no idea what the empty weight was but it did get going right away.

EB

Emory Bored wrote:

182 STOL driver wrote:
Empty weight 1522 gross 2550 = 1028 useful

That's super light Bill. The published empty weight is 1540 as I'm sure you know. I used to fly around with an air Taxi guy in Alaska who had a 180 with no interior trim panels at all. The seats were upholstered in plain tan canvas and there was no carpet. His had a Robertson kit if I remember right. I have no idea what the empty weight was but it did get going right away.

EB

I have minimum radios ,2 seats (back is removed ) minimum interior ,Light weight (14 lbs) firewall mounted battery . 02B does have over sized gear and brakes ,Sportsman STOL kit etc. See my EDM web site for weight and balance details.