• What's your EMPTY weight?

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:19 am**

So I was talking with Tim about the empty weight of his latest Maule rebuild... turns out it weighs 1541 lbs.

Ouch.

What does your Maule weigh? Configured how?

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:38 am**

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:08 am**

No, I mean I'm curious what various other planes weigh based on how they're configured.

My M4 with the Franklin and day/night IFR weighed 1383 lbs empty. With the engine swap & stripping it down during the rebuild, I expect to shave 151 lbs off of that. As backpackers say, "Ounces make pounds" and I've been carefully moving forward with that in mind. The W&B will be done next month so we'll see... but if I'm around 1200-1250 I'll be pleased.

So out of curiousity, I'd like to know what other planes weigh. ??

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:12 am**

For my 2006 MX-7-180C(aluminum spring gear takes 45 lbs) with patrol windows, skylights, 8.5 tires, 2 axis autopilot, IFR panel, and oil, 1568 lbs.

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:26 am**

2002 MXT7-180A VFR panel and a few options. 1520#

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:47 am**

M5-235C 1516.34lbs empty.

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:38 pm**

73 M-4 with the super skylight, full glass doors, 31's and a baby bushwheel is 1326lbs with no back seat and an Oddessy battery under the right seat. VFR panel with a portable Garmin 296 included in the weight.

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:40 pm**

1986 MX-7-180 @ 1409 empty

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:55 pm**

I would guess Franklin and 180hp Maules would have a lower empty weight.

The other piece of the puzzle is the Max Gross and useful.

M5-235C w/ up-gross kit: 2500 lbs Max Gross. 2700 lbs on Aqua 2400's

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:08 pm**

My MX7-160 "Sportplane" no vacuum system, one GPS/com, no other options. 1350 lbs. Let us know how your's turn out.

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:38 pm**

TomD, that's 2750 lbs on floats.

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:45 pm**

Our 68' M-4-220C was redone in Moultrie in 2005. Aux Tanks, skylight observer windows, patroller doors, GNS430 +G250XL = 1450 lbs empty

Posted: **Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:08 am**

1986 M6-235.
1574 pounds.
Day/Night IFR, engine monitor, fuel flow, 8.50 tires, 13 gallon aux tanks, back seat. Still has the antennas and cabling in it for an old King KNS-80 RNAV (the RNAV box itself has been removed) and dual ADFs (still have one ADF box installed).

Andy

Posted: **Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:26 am**

Jeremy: TomD, that's 2750 lbs on floats.

Yep more than 2700, but my paperwork from Capri shows 2530and unless the upgross gets me an extra 20 lbs on floats we were calculating
2530 + 200 from upgross

TD

Posted: **Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:09 pm**

M5-210TC 1410# with upgross kit usefull load 1090.

Do the odyssey battery and I would have a usefull load of 1100#

What's your EMPTY weight?

What's your EMPTY weight?

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