Icon A5 Max Weight. The ICON A5 is one of the most advanced and safest light sport aircraft on the market. The A5 is a high-wing flying boat-type amphibious monoplane with a carbon fiber airframe and retractable undercarriage.
It took 14 long months but in the end the FAA sided with Icon Aircraft by granting a weight increase of up to 250 pounds for the Icon A5 light-sport amphibian. The Icon A5Pilots Operating Handbook section 27 indicated that the design maneuvering limits with flaps 0 and an airplane weight of 1510 pounds were 4 and -2 G. A5s baggage area can hold 60 pounds.
The current starting price for the Icon A5 is a whopping 359000 USD which is a 50 increase on previous years.
Craig believed we flew at an empty weight of 1075 pounds which included four Go-Pro cameras and their mounts but an unstated amount of fuel. 189000 basically gets you a flying sports car. The Sea Max has a lot of jury struts wires and is just messy. But few aircraft have the strength and weight advantages of full carbon fiber construction or the versatility of amphibious landing capability.
