4,900 lb gross weight STC

[DrZGard]

I wish I could but am unable to find an STC listed on the internet for it. I spoke with him on the phone about it. The higher gross weight one (over 5,100 lbs) required modifying the booms for underwing baggage storage which would kill airspeed with the drag.

[mshac]

Originally Posted by DrZGard

I wish I could but am unable to find an STC listed on the internet for it. I spoke with him on the phone about it. The higher gross weight one (over 5,100 lbs) required modifying the booms for underwing baggage storage which would kill airspeed with the drag.

Who is this mysterious "him" of which you speak?

[DrZGard]

Originally Posted by mshac

Who is this mysterious "him" of which you speak?

https://www.cessnaskymaster.com/winglets.html

[Jhogan0101]

Dr Z, please take everything from “him” with a grain of salt.

[wslade2]

I think weight increase involves use of winglets. See below. Several posts on the forum about this.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/...s-skymaster-ad

[Kim Geyer]

I think Air Scan was working on a gross weight increase several years. Don’t know what ever happened with it.

[DrZGard]

Jack Riley was working on the 5,400 lb gross weight increase and I can only wonder what happened. Did his stroke bring it to an end or was there a hurdle the FAA put in place that was near impossible to overcome? Wouldn’t be the first time FAA politics put a stop or serious setback to something that would have been good for aviation ie Bill Lear’s Learfan, Beechcraft’s Starship, Darwin Conrad’s gross weight and pressurization increase for the Royal Turbine, etc.