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Cris,

there is a company over here in Germany with a modified Maverick. It has
matellized wings as you requested. It's running in the european
ultralight category, up to 472 kg (1040 lbs), including recovery parachute.
You can find information on it: www.phoenix-aircraft.de/maverick.htm

Unfortunately the web site is in German. I can provide a translation if
required.

Thomas

Has anyone heard of a builder metalizing the wings on the Murphy Maverick?
People used to do it on their old Luscombes and Cessna 140s? To my understanding the Maverick was designed to meet the stringent Japanese Ultralight criteria. So if one was building a Maverick to meet Light Sport in the US., why not metalize the wings. Cris





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At 12:01 PM 08/11/2009 GMT, you wrote:

Has anyone heard of a builder metalizing the wings on the Murphy Maverick?
People used to do it on their old Luscombes and Cessna 140s? To my

understanding the Maverick was designed to meet the stringent Japanese
Ultralight criteria. So if one was building a Maverick to meet Light Sport
in the US., why not metalize the wings. Cris

I think metalizing was popular when fabric was cotton. Modern fabric
systems last so long it's hardly worth going to the effort of metalizing a
plane now.
Drew



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Cris,
I own a C-140 with fabric wings, and I can tell you that it is a
better airplane with fabric. A previous owner metalized the wings at
one time, but it was converted back to fabric. The difference in
weight allows me to outrun ANY C-140 with metal wings.
Roger Cole
Murphy Elite #709
Cessna 140 N76426
rcole927@earthlink.net



On Nov 8, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Karen McCaffery wrote:

Has anyone heard of a builder metalizing the wings on the Murphy
Maverick?
People used to do it on their old Luscombes and Cessna 140s? To
my understanding the Maverick was designed to meet the stringent
Japanese Ultralight criteria. So if one was building a Maverick to
meet Light Sport in the US., why not metalize the
wings. Cris





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