Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

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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Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

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.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

You should expect to see questions that show you understand what happens when you change an aircraft’s balance, stability, and center of gravity. gross weight is reduced. Example question No. CG is shifted rearward to the aft CG limit. airplane is subjected to maneuvers other than straight-and-level flight.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Speaking of its positive qualities, they felt the cockpit layout was descent, its ground handling was good, the controls were light, the roll rate was adequate, and control and stability was generally effective. However, the overall performance was still underwhelming.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

With a maximum takeoff weight of 2,400 pounds and a maximum gross weight that ensures stability, this aircraft is robust enough to handle a variety of flying conditions. Performance Specifications The performance specifications of the Cessna 172 speak volumes about its versatility and dependability.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

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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Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Aircraft Weight and Limitations An aircraft’s weight affects inertia and stopping distance. The POH lists landing distances for specific gross weights. Smaller aircraft may only have short field landing distances for maximum gross weight. The greater the mass of the aircraft, the longer the landing roll.

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Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

Investigators observed the accumulation of minor icing on some of the aircrafts leading edge surfaces, while more significant icing was found at the base of the vertical stabilizers beacon light. It also surpassed the absolute maximum take-off weight for the Cessna 208B by approximately 803 lbs (365kg).

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

It features a forward-swept main wing, plus a smaller set of horizontal canard-style stabilizers mounted on the forward fuselage. The aircraft also has twin-boom vertical stabilizers to the rear and a monocoque cabin that can accommodate up to six passengers, plus the operating pilot.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

This is often the clean configuration at max gross weight. Trim for level flight once you’re stabilized at your target speed. Pilots use reference stalling speeds instead. V S0 is the stall speed in the landing configuration. V S1 is the stall speed in a specific configuration. Check your POH for specifics.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Its shortcoming was a meager useful load for its 1,800-pound gross weight. and focused on improving the Husky, including upping the gross weight. The A-1C was certificated in 2007 with both 180 and 200 hp engines and a gross weight of 2,200 pounds, which later became 2,250 pounds. Sales grew.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

But I have maintained 5000 feet at 6000 pounds gross weight,” notes Ross. From the pilot’s seat it cruises near effortlessly and handles nimbly on land or water with a great combination of stability and modest control pressures. Just recognizable in the background is a horizontal stabilizer and one-piece elevator.

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The previous CTs had a stabilator for pitch, where the new F2 uses a more conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizer. With the F2, the rudder and vertical stabilizer are changed, with the rudder becoming a much smaller surface than before. Max Gross Weight: 1,320 lbs. Empty Weight: 840 lbs.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Maximum Gross Weight: 1,587 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 959 lbs. The broad stabilator carries an electrically adjustable balance tab. Clearing the final approach path, we extended full flaps and stabilized at 70 knots. All of Tecnam’s production is built-to-fill orders. Wing Area: 128.1 Length: 22.1 Height: 8.2

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