Basic fuselage weight

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Hey gang,

Yesterday I went through the plans and accounted for each tube in the basic fuselage and captured it in a spreadsheet (there's a lot of tubes!). Comparing the tubes from the tubing list and the weights called out in the ACS catalog, it looks like the tubing adds up to about 109 pounds. Does that sound about right for those who have gotten that far? Obviously it'll be a little heavier after welding, but just making sure I've got it about right.

Thanks!
Chris

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Here are my tallies, if you're interested.

[whee]

I don't have a good answer but I had to lift my basic fuselage by myself a couple times and I would have estimated 120 pounds.

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Excellent. Looks like I'm on track then.

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Whee, did you weld up your own fuse, or do you have a QB kit?

[whee]

I bought one that was made from the VR3 kit. At the time I lifted it all it consisted of was the tubing from VR3.

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Cool. I've heard good things about that kit.

[Bcone1381]

Chris,

Thanks for sharing your spreadsheet with us. It gives guidance and ideas to some of us more challenged and less experienced builders.

[Chris In Milwaukee]

My pleasure :-) There's a lot of extra junk on that spreadsheet, but that's the part that matters. The forum shows the image a little bit smaller than actual. If you need a better look, give this a shot:

http://bearhawkforums.com/filedata/fetch?photoid=13823

Oh, and this is my first plane, too!

[Luna]

Sorry for the OT but, are those all the tubes needed for fuselage build up?
I'm looking for how many feet from each measure I need to buy.
Thanks
Sergio

[Chris In Milwaukee]

No problem, it applies Yes, those are the footage values that I calculated after going through each tube on the plans for the fuselage build up. None for seats, wing steel, and other small things. Just the basic fuselage. I haven't bought any tubing yet, so I'm going to have to rely on someone else's list.

There's a reference to another steel order on Eric Newton's site via Wayne Massey:

http://mybearhawk.com/steelordr.html