"Peter Dohm"  wrote in
news:6Kokj.69207$rc2.35476{at}bignews1.bellsouth.net: 

> BTW, the catfish was very good and was the best that I
> can recall. 

Never had it, beleive it or not! you have me wanting to try, though. 

> 
> For the most part, the LSAs are not quite ready for me, since I am
> 6'1" and don't like to be squished or to have my view blocked.  But,
> that's OK since my budget isn't ready for them and I don't have any
> medical issues. However, the intesting thing the I learned was that,
> at least in the case of low wing aircraft, the ones that make the most
> use of carbon fiber have about a 100 pound usefull load advantage over
> the ones that don't.  In the case of the LSAs, that works out to a 20
> to 25% advantage in usefull load and up to 40% in pay load--and those
> numbers may carry over to a lot of standard category aircraft as well.
>  That's huge! 
> 

OK, but of a non sequitor, but yeah, Good material. 
Wait til nanotubes hit the scene! 


Bertie
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