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Used Aircraft Guide: Beechcraft Bonanza 36 Ranks at Top of Six-Place Piston Singles

Flying Magazine

The B36TC, with its 200-pound gross weight increase, can carry roughly 900 pounds in the cabin with the tanks full. Worth mentioning is that D’Shannon’s tip fuel tanks (40 additional gallons) bump the gross weight to 4010 pounds. D’Shannon’s tip fuel tanks increase the gross to 4,010. Learn more at www.d-shannon-aviation.com.

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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

Max Gross Weight: 2,200 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 1,300 lbs. Waghorn laughed and said as soon as youre stabilized, full power, and lets try again, now that you see what Im talking about. It was darn impressiveand loads of fun. GB1 GameBird Price, Fully Equipped: $600,000+ Wingspan: 25 ft., Wing Area: 121.5

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Exploring Aircraft Performance: How Fast Is a Cessna 172 Skyhawk?

Pilot's Life Blog

Weight and Load Weight is one of the primary factors affecting the Cessna 172s speed. The aircrafts maximum gross weight is typically around 2,450 pounds, and exceeding this weight can significantly affect both safety and performance. It balances speed with stability and control.

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Approachable Excellence

Plane and Pilot

To some extent this was carried out with the Cherokee, though the key design elementuse of a stabilator in place of a conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizeris likely the influence of John Thorp. Thorp joined the Piper design team during the Cherokees development; his own Sky Scooter used a stabilator.

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Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

Plane and Pilot

In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. The ELSA is a different animal. The RV-12 is, of course, all metal.

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This Incredible Plane: Transavia PL-12 Airtruk

Plane and Pilot

Noting that the application of fertilizer and other chemicals often corroded a conventional tail, Pellarini simply attached two tail booms that each carried its own horizontal stabilizer and elevator. While these acted as one, they were not joined at the center.

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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

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With 10 passengers and luggage on board the airplane, it was well under gross weight, but it soon became apparent we could not out climb the ice buildup. It was quite a load of extra weight, but as important was the disrupted airflow over the control surfaces and wings.