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August 13th 05, 05:09 AM
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George Patterson wrote:
Darrel Toepfer wrote: Plane & Pilot just did a review on the Saratoga. Full fuel gave +500 pounds useful. If I remember right that included the deicing system. What a waste of money on a 6 seat, 180 knot plane... What's the useful load with 3.5 hours' fuel in the tanks? I quoted wrong, full tanks yields 411 pounds useful inside the cabin, 537 lbs total (front baggage? 100# max)... Full tanks is 102 gallons. TKS deice fluid weighs 9.2 lbs. per gallon and carries 4.4 gallons. 75% power consumption is 16.1 gph @ 175 knots @ 10k ft... 3600# gross, empty weight is 2466#, useful load 1149#. Max ramp weight is 3615#.. So something around 3 people and not much... The author mentions a ferry flight to down under at 25% over gross, 4500# total weight... 650 fpm climb out... 
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