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 Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:16 am Post subject: [Pulsar-Aviators] Pulsar weight restrictions |
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Berney and all
Your kit is a Pulsar XP, there never was a Series I. Many
started calling the XP a Series I after the Series II and
III came out.
Your gross weight is 1060. I know this because my kit is
452, after yours.
Skystar set the gross for the III at 1200. The II should
be the same.
Clarke
On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:50:08 -0400
Bernard Wilder <bernard.wilder2(at)gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | This series I,,II,,III,, or whatever always confused me.
Aero Designs sold
a "Pulsar". Then a "Pulsar XP". Then a "Turbo Pulsar".
I have kit number 390- - - a Pulsar XP - with a
composite spar fast build
wing kit. I haven't the slighterst idea whether it is a
I,, II ,,, III or
whatever. Don't really care. As sold to me, it was and
remains a "Pulsar
XP", not a series I,, II,,,or III..
I am away from home right now so I can't refer to my
files but I seem to
remember that the gross weight that I was given was less
than 1,200 - - - -
around 1,100 something.
I suspect that the records don't exist but the most
helpful way to address
the issue of the evolujtion of gross weights would be to
do it by kit
number if it is an Aero Designs kit. After that Pulsars
could be
identified by a series number given to them by the new
owners but to give
Aero Designs produced kits a series number is like
putting tits on a boar.
Happy flying to all in whatever it is ! ! ! ! ! !
Bernie Wilder
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:27 PM, pilot623
<pilot623(at)gmail.com> wrote:
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> As one of the few AD Series 2 Pulsar owners, I will add
>that the Series 2
> carries a max gross weight of 1200 pounds.
>
> Jim
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> *Subject:* [Pulsar-Aviators] Pulsar weight restrictions
>
> All the discussion on Pulsar gross weights got me back
>into the manuals,
> news letters, and finally discussions with my favorite
>air craft designer.
> I know there has been some confusion about this, and if
>you have a plane
> that was purchased and built in stages, then this can be
>very confusing.
> So, here is the simple explanation.
>
> Early Pulsar kits had a sitka spruce wood spar. Spar
>caps of
> unidirectional glass were added to the top and bottom of
>the spar for
> strength. On the earliest wood spars, the spar caps did
>not go all the way
> to the wing tip. The gross weight of a Pulsar built with
>these spars is 870
> pounds. Latter in the program, the spar caps were
>extended to almost the
> wing tip. With that, the gross weight was upped to 900
>pounds. 900 pounds
> is the max for the wood spar. This is exactly as stated
>by Alan Gill for
> Pulsar aircraft in the UK.
>
> Later Pulsars had the composite spar and gross weight
>was increased to
> 1060 pounds.
>
> Please note, gross weight limitation is solely
>determined by the spar
> material and spar caps. Composite wing skins and added
>glass to the spar
> sides does not increase the max gross weight.
>
> I have looked in the Skystar manuals and not found the
>numbers for their
> aircraft, so will limit my comments to the Aerodesigns
>kits.
>
> Flying an airplane over it's design limit is like
>driving a car, with
> smooth tires, at high speed on a wet surface. You may
>get away with it,
> until you hit a puddle, or in our case, turbulence.
>Turbulence adds G
> loading, and if you are over design limits, the wing
>could fail, not a good
> situation.
>
> Needless to say, this is a major safety issue, and thus
>my concern. If you
> have any questions about this, please get back to me and
>I will try to get
> an answer for you.
>
> Fly safe,
> See you at Oshkosh,
> Greg
> Jabiru 2200 Pulsar
> 1500 hours
>
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