{"id":3826,"date":"2018-04-13T10:19:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T00:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2018-04-13T10:19:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T00:19:02","slug":"a22l-foxbat-gross-weight-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3826","title":{"rendered":"A22L Foxbat gross weight increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a22l-weight-increase.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3829\" src=\"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a22l-weight-increase.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a22l-weight-increase.jpg 945w, https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a22l-weight-increase-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a22l-weight-increase-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>I have good news for all Australian owners of A22L (450 kilo MTOW limit) Foxbats!<\/p>\n<p>With the new RAAus MARAP system (Modification and Repair Approval Process), a review to increase the gross weight limit (sometimes called the maximum take-off weight (MTOW)) of RAAUS \u00a0registered Aeroprakt A22L Foxbat aircraft from 450 kilograms (472.5 kilograms if a ballistic rescue system is fitted) to 525 kilograms has been conducted and now approved.<\/p>\n<p>During the review of the A22L for an increase up to the 525 kilograms \u00a0MTOW there is a small \u2018G\u2019 limit penalty: the maximum limits are reduced from +4G and -2G to +3.6G and -1.8G respectively. In effect, this means you need to observe manoeuvring and rough air limits closely to ensure you do not exceed these lower limits.<\/p>\n<p>No structural or other changes are required to the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>To obtain the increased weight limit on your A22L aircraft, please contact the technical team at RAAus &#8211; phone number 02 6280 4700 or email to <a href=\"mailto:tech@raa.asn.au\">tech@raa.asn.au<\/a> &#8211; and request the necessary documentation. This includes a supplementary page for your pilot manual and an entry to the manual revisions page.<\/p>\n<p>RAAus will make a charge for this service but I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll find the extra &#8211; legal &#8211; 75 kilograms well worth it!<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note, this increase is not relevant to the Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat, which already has a gross weight limit of 600 kilos and &#8216;G&#8217; limits of +4 -2<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have good news for all Australian owners of A22L (450 kilo MTOW limit) Foxbats! With the new RAAus MARAP system (Modification and Repair Approval Process), a review to increase the gross weight limit (sometimes called the maximum take-off weight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3826\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[29,437,675,1067],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}