Gross Weight Ground Effect Stability 
Pilot Institute
MARCH 29, 2024
This is often the clean configuration at max gross weight. Trim for level flight once you’re stabilized at your target speed. You’ll have to accelerate to V x while staying within ground effect. Pilots use reference stalling speeds instead. V S0 is the stall speed in the landing configuration.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
But I have maintained 5000 feet at 6000 pounds gross weight,” notes Ross. From the pilot’s seat it cruises near effortlessly and handles nimbly on land or water with a great combination of stability and modest control pressures. Just recognizable in the background is a horizontal stabilizer and one-piece elevator.
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