{"id":4173,"date":"2012-08-06T17:47:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T21:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2012-08-06T17:47:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T21:47:32","slug":"icon-a5-seaplane-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/icon-a5-seaplane-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Icon A5 Seaplane follow-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

In August 2010, I wrote about the Icon A5 Seaplane<\/a>. This was originally supposed to be delivered at the end of 2010. The company’s latest press release<\/a> says that Cirrus (now Chinese-owned) is going to make most of the airframe components and that deliveries will start in mid-2013. My review<\/a> predicted that weight was going to be a serious problem with the plane and now the company has asked for a 250 lb. gross weight increase from the FAA<\/a>. This is on top of the 110 lb. increase that Light Sport airplanes already get for being seaplanes. A typical Light Sport Aircraft weighs 1320 lbs. fully loaded with people and fuel and has a 100 HP engine for rolling down a paved runway and taking off. Icon is asking to go up to 1680 lbs. with that same engine, but this time dragging the aircraft through the water. Time to get some longer lakes…<\/p>\n

[I want to own a 1\/4 share in an Icon, by the way. With a 7000′ runway at Hanscom Field, I am confident that I can get the thing up into the air. East Coast Aero Club’s Charlie Wright, in addition to being a great instructor and having a seaplane rating, actually knows how to operate a seaplane. So it could be a safe and fun airplane to take to long, sea-level lakes.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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