04-05-2010, 02:10 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Sacramento,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 707, 446ci FE
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
Gunner, I'm not sure when it was built and what KMP serial number is, without my handy dandy SAAC Registry in front of me, but if Chas' and Patrick's ERAs are about 2,650 lbs, and my Kirkham weighs in at 2,128, then the additional weight of the copper would bring the total weight of the copper Kirkham, with an aluminum engine, to the approximate weight of an ERA.
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Maybe. However, copper being much softer than aluminum I may be off by several mils on the skin thickness and in additional bracing and support layers. I would love to know what the beast actually weighs.
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