Is it hard to fly with water?


I did not find it to be so. My Astir CS only carried 11 US gallons,
41.6 liters per side.

You could feel the extra weight but it never caused any handeling problems. I
always took off with full tanks. Even landed once, on a smooth surface, with
full tanks. Takes about 3 min, to drain in the air.

One problrem was the vent system. Unless you hold the wings level after filling
the vent on the down wing will syphon a lot of the water out.

I assume all this applys to the Astir 77. I believe then CS and 77 have
identical water systems.

Robert