Weight and balance..

Stones x Cubits = Moment?

I just couldn't resist... ;-) Congrats on the ticket.

Bart



Anne-Marie Maddison wrote:

Finally re'c my ppl h license from the CAA , had to wait over 3 weeks for
them to process it - that was a long 3 weeks as i wanted to go flying with
friends..Anyway , took my first passenger out who works at the flight
school - studying for his CPL - wanted an experienced first passenger to see
what it was like . This guy is light in weight and fflight was fine....
Took another friend to the School on Friday for a fly , we were going out in
my Robinson r 22 beta 2 . I'm doing my pre-flights and was shocked to find
we were out of balance . I'm 14 stone and my pal is 16 stone . It worked out
that we could poss get around half gallon of fuel approx 3lbs on board ,not
even enough to deal with start up and shut down . Whilst i understand weight
is an issue ,i was amazed to see this . My instructor is very light - 150lbs
and my passenger was 224lbs.I have many large framed friends who i have told
i will take for a jolly , now i've got to ask them to lose a few pounds
before we can fly..
We ended up changing to an older machine that has the 320 engine that is
lighter and managed to go for a short flight,still being restricted to a
light fuel load .My friend enjoyed the flight immensly .
Having it basically thrust in my face like that, I have learned a valuable
lesson early on about weight and balance........
cheers
Ben