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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>Re: Weight Limit </B><BR>
Date:7/11/2004 11:07:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:chadnortheast@shaw.ca">chadnortheast@shaw.ca</A><BR>
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>From the FAI:</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">PART ONE - GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR MODEL AIRCRAFT<BR>
<B>1.1. GENERAL DEFINITION OF MODEL AIRCRAFT</B><BR>
A model aircraft is a heavier-than-air craft of limited dimensions, with or without a propulsion device, not able to<BR>
carry a human being and to be used for competition, sport or recreational purposes rather than unmanned<BR>
aeronautical vehicles (UAV) developed for commercial or governmental, scientific, research or military purposes.<BR>
1.2. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT<BR>
Unless otherwise stated, model aircraft shall meet the following general specifications:<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><B>Maximum flying weight with fuel 25 kg<BR>
Maximum surface area 500 dm</FONT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=1 PTSIZE=8 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">2<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Maximum loading 250 g/dm</FONT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=1 PTSIZE=8 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">2</B><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">55 lbs max with fuel<BR>
1 dm2 is approximately 1/9th sq ft (500 dm2 is about 56 sq feet)</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=1 PTSIZE=8 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">About 80 oz/sq ft<BR>
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For PATTERN models the FAI regs are still explicit as to weight (5 kilos)and linear size (2x2 meters) maximum values<BR>
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MattK<BR>
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