On Apr 18, 5:52*am, gatt wrote:
WingFlaps wrote:
Having said all that, I don't think I'd make the flight myself. *But I
have before, in a 172 at maybe 40lbs over gross, and nothing broke.

This is ridiculous. *How on earth do you think ferry flights work,
they can be way over MTOW but the wings don't rip off do they? A 172
it's not going to notice a measely 40lbs over MTOW unless the COG is
wrong.

Tell it to the insurance company or your passengers if you prang the
landing because, say, you've never carried passengers in the back of a
C-172 before and, say, you hit a windshear on final.

Ferry pilots don't carry unwitting passengers in back when they're
overgross.


Look, lets try to put this in perspective. We are not talking about a
big weight. We are taling about a 1700# plane with a 40# excess
payload. Provided the COG is good, you would not probably notice 40
lbs over MTOW from MTOW. The G loading has only increased by less than
2%. That means that apart from a reduction in climb performance
handling will be OK. He's stated that the climb out is not an issue
and by the time he lands he'll be well under MTOW. As for carrying
unwitting passengers, I believe commercial operators do it more often
than they would admit to or even realize (given the average weight
increase of passengers)...

Cheers