# Applied Aeronautics > American Aerospace Company. - Canonical entity: https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/applied-aeronautics-q60740947 - Website listed in the source snapshot: https://www.appliedaeronautics.com/ - Category: [Businesses](https://directory.readyscan.ai/directory/businesses) - Machine record: https://directory.readyscan.ai/discovery/entities/applied-aeronautics-q60740947.json - Material fingerprint: fnv1a64:ed8a7926ff56f18b - Entity revision: fnv1a64:dad5db9adc45d432 - Published: 2026-10-19 - Modified: 2026-10-19 ## Questions & answers ### [What is the plane's bare weight? Dry weight?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/applied-aeronautics-q60740947#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-febf33cfc9272d3a-a-9b1747ff2a8b13d1ca14) “The bare weight of the airframe is approximately 3.35 KG (7.5lbs). The planes weight with all avionics but no batteries is 4.4kg (9.7lbs).” Sources: https://www.appliedaeronautics.com/faq ### [What is the max payload?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/applied-aeronautics-q60740947#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-febf33cfc9272d3a-a-135bb6987e1bfd9704ab) “As stated above, the plane weighs 4.4kg with all avionics but no batteries. Our MTOW is rated to 10KG.” Sources: https://www.appliedaeronautics.com/faq ### [What are the takeoff and landing requirements?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/applied-aeronautics-q60740947#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-febf33cfc9272d3a-a-cf3c199d7fc2c0f79e20) “The Albatross was designed to takeoff and land on a variety of surfaces. This includes runways, unpaved roads, grass and dirt. We suggest 200 ft for both takeoff and landing.” Sources: https://www.appliedaeronautics.com/faq ### [Will my sensor fit inside the payload bay?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/applied-aeronautics-q60740947#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-febf33cfc9272d3a-a-0b657f42946689a370ad) “We designed our payload bay to have an enormous amount of space and slot all avionics under the center wing to keep the bay clear for sensors, gimbals, etc.” Sources: https://www.appliedaeronautics.com/faq ### [Is the Albatross waterproof?](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/applied-aeronautics-q60740947#company-answer-content-native-digital-agencies-febf33cfc9272d3a-a-3fa24afc48f7aea9a5a5) “While the Albatross is not inherently waterproof rain can certainly be overcome and we've already worked with a handful of customers to tackle this challenge. In these instances, we've used waterproof sensors, sealed up all open areas with rubber lips and removed all external electrical components.” Sources: https://www.appliedaeronautics.com/faq ## Company sources - [Applied Aeronautics website](https://www.appliedaeronautics.com/) — appliedaeronautics.com - [appliedaeronautics.com/faq](https://www.appliedaeronautics.com/faq) — appliedaeronautics.com · [Related Ready Scan knowledge](https://readyscan.ai/sources/source-fc3dc738af2d9bb2) - [wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q60740947.json](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q60740947.json?revision=2188109117) — wikidata.org · [Related Ready Scan knowledge](https://readyscan.ai/sources/source-e706b2d6195f0fb9) ## Continue reading - Discover the bounded graph: https://readyscan.ai/api/v1/ai-search/discovery - Retrieve this entity evidence: https://readyscan.ai/api/v1/ai-search/entities/applied-aeronautics-q60740947/evidence ## Publication boundary - This public-sourced record brings together company information and its sources. It is not an owner-managed profile. - Publication does not guarantee crawling, indexing, training inclusion, citation, recommendation, referral, or revenue.