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Old 14th Oct 2003, 03:24
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RatherBeFlying
 
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Choose Thin Friends

Just looked at a C172N ground school manual.

With an empty weight of 1460# -- Check the sheet.

and full standard tanks and NO baggage

you and your passengers can weigh 600# with clothing.

With long range tanks, everybody has to go on a diet and get rid of 60#

I fell into that trap many years ago and flew once or twice with four seats filled and long range tanks and was maybe 100# overweight on takeoff.

V speed correction factor is 2% and of course climb and runway performance decreases.
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