[FlyingNorth]

I'm afraid you'll have to excuse my ignorance on this, but I'm trying to work out if the AT3 is suitable for me, physically.

I had flown the AT3 9 years ago when Sherburn first got them and I was much fitter (and lighter). Can anyone give me an idea of the maximum pilot weight for training in the AT3?

Sorry for this being such a banal question, I never got to the stage of learning how to calculate MTOW in my training.

Many thanks for any advice.

[Paul_Sengupta]

how to calculate MTOW in my training

MTOW is written down somewhere, probably in a pilot handbook.

The Wiki page (don't take it as gospel!) gives these figures:

Empty weight: 350 kg (771 lb)
Useful load: 232 kg (511 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 582 kg (1,282 lb)

Take the weight of the fuel (0.72 x number of litres, in kg) from the useful load and you'll see how much is left for pilot, instructor + stuff. Also empty weight can vary from aircraft to aircraft depending on several factors such as avionics, etc.

[FlyingNorth]

I didn't use search first:

viewtopic.php?t=62881

So if it leaves 160kg spare that really isn't much for me. I must have been so much lighter back in the day!

[Paul_Sengupta]

Is that with full fuel? You don't always have to take a full fuel load.

[FlyingNorth]

Well just looking through, I'm not sure where they got that figure on the previous thread. If you're feeling 70l (50.4kg) that would give you 181kg which seems a bit more acceptable.

[Sir Morley Steven]

how to calculate MTOW in my training

MTOW is written down somewhere, probably in a pilot handbook.

The Wiki page (don't take it as gospel!) gives these figures:

Empty weight: 350 kg (771 lb)
Useful load: 232 kg (511 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 582 kg (1,282 lb)

Take the weight of the fuel (0.72 x number of litres, in kg) from the useful load and you'll see how much is left for pilot, instructor + stuff. Also empty weight can vary from aircraft to aircraft depending on several factors such as avionics, etc.

That's the same, or a bit more, than the useful load of a C152