Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross

tman wrote:
tman wrote:
Flown C172's for quite a while, and never had anybody in the back.
Now I'm planning on quite a trip, with 2 pax and luggage.

Wow thanks for all the help guys. I showed this post and thread to the
two potential pax.

Anyways, I think my weight problem is solved.

I have some questions now not on weight but on wake turbulence
avoidance. I'll be flying into the nearest local class C to meet my two
former pax that will be arriving on a RJ, then renting a car!

Well, I know that must have been a bitter decision, but I think you made
the right one. Or, at least, you didn't make the wrong one, and that
makes you a better pilot.

By the way, if you plan on carrying passengers in the back, I learned
that it's a good idea to go ride in the back of somebody's 172 to feel
it from the passenger's perspective. They feel pitch changes a lot
more than you do because they're aft of the wing and CG, and when you're
flaring for landing they're seeing and feeling something different than
you are.

Have a great flight!
-c