Weights

 I posted this on Face book a while ago…

Thinking about weight of various bits of the IC as targets in build

Hull ( sprayed but no fittings) 25kg

Fittings 0.5kg

Mast 5kg

Boom 1.5kg

Seat 8kg

Carriage 4kg

Foils 6kg

Total 50kg

Some tough targets there, are they about right?


Hayden and Andy had some useful comments, 23kg for sprayed hull seemed to be a target with the savings going mostly into fittings… spray was about 3kg with undercoat so a target for the laminated faired hull would be 20kg.

I had always thought 25kg was ok but that now seems a bit out.

I have 8kg for seat, but that’s a finished weight so perhaps 7kg for laminated? 2.75kg for bottom moulding, 3.75 for top and 0.5kg for bulkheads and bonding, possibly bit tight?

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