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Old April 28th 04, 08:58 PM
Ben Jackson
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In article SiTjc.7120$lz5.843576@attbi_s53,
Jay Honeck wrote:
Full fuel payload is a critical benchmark for measuring the utility of any
aircraft. In fact, I would say that it was THE major reason we opted for
the Pathfinder.


Consider a Piper with aux tanks, like my Comanche. 56 gal mains,
30 gal aux. For many years the aux tanks were an option. Adding
them doesn't affect the W&B significantly, so does that make the
non-aux Comanche (with a higher full-fuel payload) a better hauler?

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