Plus 2 Weights
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I weighed my Plus 2S 130/4 recently with I think probably about half a tank and it came out at 880 KG or 1940 lbs. This is more in line with the workshop manual. Perhaps the weight varies depending on whether the fuel tank is half full or half empty...............
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Wylie
Sorry about this but I think your Plus2 would weight the same wether the tank was half-full or half-empty?........
John

Sorry about this but I think your Plus2 would weight the same wether the tank was half-full or half-empty?........
John



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john.p.clegg wrote:Sorry about this but I think your Plus2 would weight the same wether the tank was half-full or half-empty?
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The weight saving (half full) was due to there being less air (undoutably of the hot variety) in the tank.!!
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Now I've really got a problem.....half full-less air.half empty-more air???
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And of course every one knows that a ton of feathers has got to weigh less than a ton of bricks
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1940 sounds light for a +2 to me, although 2000 lbs. was a factory target. I thought the early ones came in at about 2100. I'll weigh my '69 without fuel, as it will probably evaporate before I can get to the scales anyway. Does compressed air in an empty fuel tank weigh more? Should I take the cap off first?
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1940 sounds light for a +2 to me, although 2000 lbs. was a factory target. I thought the early ones came in at about 2100. I'll weigh my '69 without fuel, as it will probably evaporate before I can get to the scales anyway. Does compressed air in an empty fuel tank weigh more? Should I take the cap off first?
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Eric, for this to be a valid weight comparison against the original "factory" spec, you will have to refill the tyres back to the original "factory" 1969 air. We are all told that global warming has increased CO2 levels!!
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