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A Cessna 182S has a max takeoff weight of 3100 lbs and max landing of 2950 lbs. If you take off right at max gross you need to burn 25 gallons of gas. At 14 gph, that's about 1h45, minus a bit for the increased fuel burn in the climb.

This is something that can be designed for though (mainly stronger landing gear) and I would argue all the benefits of electric far outweigh the drawbacks aside from battery life/range.



Emergency situations give the pilot essentially unlimited powers to safely land the aircraft. In a ‘no time remaining’ type of emergency such as a fire you’re just landing the aircraft over weight. It will be fine.



Sure dropping objects is another option, but arguably that would work in an electric plane too.

However, I really doubt they would certify an electric with a higher takeoff weight than landing weight.




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