To: caltaxed
Don’t fill the tanks if you fill the seats.
Be familiar with your plane, I can put 4 adults and full fuel in my 180hp 172 and still takeoff my 2500 dirt strip. 850 lb payload, 1900 max roll out.
26 posted on
08/05/2018 6:18:58 PM PDT by
eyeamok
To: eyeamok
At the CAP we have the 180hp Penn Yan conversion, and have a full fuel load of 1,021 lbs. Great plane to fly....of course it is all steam gauges. I think flat panel avionics, maybe G1000 (as old as that is) would probably give more payload potential.
28 posted on
08/05/2018 7:02:11 PM PDT by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: eyeamok
Don’t fill the tanks if you fill the seats.Its a quote from an old flight instructor, and only to be taken as a note of caution.
34 posted on
08/05/2018 9:03:24 PM PDT by
caltaxed
To: eyeamok
Certainly not if the altitude is 5000 ft and the temperature 100 degrees.
36 posted on
08/06/2018 1:34:18 AM PDT by
wita
(Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
To: eyeamok
How do you compensate for a warm day, say 90 degrees or so)?
38 posted on
08/06/2018 4:54:44 AM PDT by
Jimmy Valentine
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