M20F-1968 Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 1968 F, 980 useful load fuel and people, 90 gallon tanks John Breda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DXB Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 My '68C model left the factory with 1005 lb useful load (appears to have been weighed at the factory per docs - a small number of planes). The C models with bare bones factory avionics had 1050. It now has a calculated useful load of 894lb, merely 565lb with 54.8 gallon bladders full. I plan to reweigh at some point - I think it should have more useful load. It lost 30lb to the bladders and I think the Top Prop weighs a bit more. It was also never reweighed after swap to a more spartan interior and strip/repaint. It also has a clean install of modern avionics now, though calculated gain only gave back 6 lbs after the new panel. At some point, I also hope to recover some useful load by replacing components as they fail with lighter ones: e.g. Skytec starter, PCU5000 governor, vac system removal and install of electronic backup AI, maybe step removal for reweigh purposes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCD Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 1978 M20J 201 1016lb Useful load (390.4lb) 64 gallons of fuel 625.6lb Payload 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxphil Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 1968 M20F Useful Load = 1,044 Fuel Capacity = 64 gal. usable Full fuel payload = 660 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INA201 Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 1978J 980 lbs bladders with 55 gallon fuel capacity 650 lbs full fuel capacity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcrmckenna Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 1977 201j 994.4 useful load 64 gallons 610.4 payload. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor05121 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Well that's one way to revive a thread from the dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsxrpilot Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 1987 M20K 252 TSE Useful Load: 850ish and increasing Fuel: stock tanks 75 gal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Ellis Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 1963 C model Useful Load: 1008 lbs. Fuel: Stock tanks with 48 gals Payload after full tanks: 720 lbs or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandelay Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 The best UL I've seen is the Eagle over the Selling Aircraft forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Avalle Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 M20C, with 64 gal of fuel. 500 lbs with full tanks. Range 6 hours with reserve. More than that... ? I don't know...I did it once going from key west to Guatemala City, but it was tough on my back part.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor05121 Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 How'd you get 64 in a C? F wings? The 48 gallon tanks are the thing I dislike the most about my 63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 11 hours ago, Raptor05121 said: How'd you get 64 in a C? F wings? The 48 gallon tanks are the thing I dislike the most about my 63 bladders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Avalle Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 How'd you get 64 in a C? F wings? The 48 gallon tanks are the thing I dislike the most about my 63 I installed bladders.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65eTurbo Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 65 E turbo. 900 useful. 90 gallons. 360 full fuel. 195ktas. 1755 nm absolute range. BE 50 Excalibur. 2600 useful. 230 gallons. 1220 payload. 1150 nm absolute range at 200 ktas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INA201 Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 1978J O&N bladders 985 useful not weighed just calculated over the years. Might weigh it this year to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLJA Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 '74 F Currently sitting at 1017 Useful. Annual next month, and doing some avionics removal / install. Planning on gaining 20-30 lbs UL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko182 Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 1999 20S. 100 Gallon tanks with 75 Gal Tabs. 1140Lbs useful. 700 Lbs useful load with 75 gallons. I use 5.8lbs per gallon. Range about 1300NM flying conservatively. 800NM range with 75 gallons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 1995 J, 1015 lbs. useful load. 631 lbs payload with full (64gal). Edited June 22, 2022 by Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNIndy Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 1967 F, 927 lbs. Useful Load 64 Gal Tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubcap Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 1982 M20K - Useful Load 953lbs Payload with full fuel (72gal useable) - 521lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyH Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 1966 M20E Useful Load 943lbs Payload with full fuel (52 gals) - 631lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragsf15e Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 2/21/2019 at 3:28 PM, Niko182 said: 1999 20S. 100 Gallon tanks with 75 Gal Tabs. 1140Lbs useful. 700 Lbs useful load with 75 gallons. I use 5.8lbs per gallon. Range about 1300NM flying conservatively. 800NM range with 75 gallons. Well I use 5lbs/gallon, so I have 900lbs with full fuel . I’m just messing with you, but why do you use 5.8? For the record, I have a ‘68F and 1035 UL. 650 lbs left with 64 gallons. Gotta get rid of my 3 blade and save a little more weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOH Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 1970 M20F Useful load 968 Need to figure out what makes mine weigh so much! All of you with >1000 lbs make me jealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko182 Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Ragsf15e said: Well I use 5lbs/gallon, so I have 900lbs with full fuel . I’m just messing with you, but why do you use 5.8? For the record, I have a ‘68F and 1035 UL. 650 lbs left with 64 gallons. Gotta get rid of my 3 blade and save a little more weight. I use 5.8 because i read somewhere that fuel is a lot lighter at higher temps, which in sothern california, it usually is. I guess looking back at that its kind of dumb but oh well. Been slowly creeping the useful load up as ive owned the plane so i guess i dont need to worry about 5.8 compared to 6. I think next is going to be an MT prop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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