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Takeoff Distance

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:43 am
by Jim Hardin
Granted, a Martin 4-0-4 is not an LSA but this writeup in Wikipedia caught my attention. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_4-0-4

They list a TO distance to 50 feet as 1980!

That is mind boggling when looking at 44,900 lbs max TO weight.

I seem to recall an aquaintence who told me he could fly it from our 2200 foot field. He never did it.