Aircraft
Icon A5 Gross Weight Grows by 60 Pounds
The higher weight boosts payload and endurance
Icon A5 light sport aircraft
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Icon Aircraft has increased the gross weight of its amphibious A5 light sport aircraft (LSA) by 60 pounds, and the useful load is now 490 pounds. With a fuel capacity of 20 gallons, this boosts full-fuel payload to 370 pounds, giving owners more loading flexibility or up to two hours of additional endurance. The A5 is powered by a 100-hp Rotax 912iS engine that burns less than five gph.

The gross weight increase is standard on all 2024 A5s and it is available as a retrofit on earlier models. The retrofit requires upgrading to the four-blade propeller that Icon introduced last year, which reduces ground takeoff roll by 21 percent.

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