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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
tman wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote: Tell you what; instead of my "advising you" on what to do specifically with this flight, let me suggest to you that you run a weight and balance for this aircraft at full tanks, THEN run the same pax and baggage loading figuring 1/4 tanks, just to see what this does to the cg. I did. CG is pretty much center of the acceptable range. C172 410lbs in the front seats, 170lbs in the back, 30lbs in the baggage area, fuel to tabs -- CG is "good". Same situation, empty fuel. CG good too. A lot of ppl are talking about CG issues. Hey maybe I better check my math before I fly this thing! For your scenario, as long as the fuel burn doesn't alter the cg to a dangerous area your main concern is the over gross condition. I should note that you might well be flying an aircraft down the line someday where the fuel burn COULD be a cg altering consideration. This was why I had you do both W&B :-) There are several ways to approach this situation and all of them are relevant. The prime condition for me would be the insurance condition. You should consider that in the event of an accident...ANY accident, even one not involving the over gross condition, the aircraft insurance could most certainly become an issue post accident because of the over gross condition. Your training and skill at handling an over gross airplane, even one "just a tad over gross" should be a consideration. As PIC, you are asking your Pax to fly with you in an aircraft that is over gross at takeoff; something that you might wish to reconsider. Bottom line for me advice wise is that for some pilots, the airplane won't necessarily fall out of the sky at 40lbs over gross, but are you one of these pilots, and secondly, have you considered the rest of the above factors? The decision as PIC is yours. Make it a wise one. -- Dudley Henriques |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
tman wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote: Tell you what; instead of my "advising you" on what to do specifically with this flight, let me suggest to you that you run a weight and balance for this aircraft at full tanks, THEN run the same pax and baggage loading figuring 1/4 tanks, just to see what this does to the cg. I did. CG is pretty much center of the acceptable range. C172 410lbs in the front seats, 170lbs in the back, 30lbs in the baggage area, fuel to tabs -- CG is "good". Same situation, empty fuel. CG good too. A lot of ppl are talking about CG issues. Hey maybe I better check my math before I fly this thing! This must be one heavy C172. Most 172s I've flown had a useful load of ~840 lbs. Even with full fuel, this leaves almost 600 lbs of payload. If you are 100 lbs over gross with fuel at the tabs and 610 lbs of payload, it sounds like this is either one heavy 172 or you have fuel tanks with greater than 42 gallon capacity. Matt |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
"tman" inv@lid wrote in message ... Dudley Henriques wrote: Tell you what; instead of my "advising you" on what to do specifically with this flight, let me suggest to you that you run a weight and balance for this aircraft at full tanks, THEN run the same pax and baggage loading figuring 1/4 tanks, just to see what this does to the cg. I did. CG is pretty much center of the acceptable range. C172 410lbs in the front seats, 170lbs in the back, 30lbs in the baggage area, fuel to tabs -- CG is "good". Same situation, empty fuel. CG good too. A lot of ppl are talking about CG issues. Hey maybe I better check my math before I fly this thing! Typical for a 172... Most are forward of the forward CG with full tanks, 2 standard folks up front, and nothing at all in the back seats or baggage area. |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ... tman wrote: Flown C172's for quite a while, and never had anybody in the back. Now I'm planning on quite a trip, with 2 pax and luggage. When I fill the fuel to the *tabs*, calc everyone's weight honestly and consider baggage -- I'm 75 lbs over the 2450 gross on departure. Maybe 100 over gross if I assume a "lie about weight" factor or some inaccuracy with filling the tanks. Now I'm scratching my head about just how risky this is. I know (others) have pushed over gross in these planes way more under worse conditions, and have almost always gotten away with it. I'm inclined to just do it, and be cognizant that it will perform differently, i.e. don't expect the same picture on climbout that you would when solo. Risky? Or just roundoff error on the weight? Here are some other factors: This is the 160HP C172, standard. Departure runway is 5000'. No steep terrain to climb out of. Plenty of alternates along with the way with 3000 runways. Not particularly hot, humid, or high. 50 degrees at 1000 MSL for departure or any point of landing. I'm figuring I'm 3% over gross, causing most of my V speeds to increase 1.5%, so say -- instead of flying short final at 65 knots, I'd fly at 66 knots... OK wait I can't hold airspeed to +/- 1 knot on most days anyways. I'm thinking through many of the factors, and it is only a "little" over gross, only on the first hour or so of the trip. What else should I be aware of? Am I dangerous? T I never advise a pilot to load any airplane over gross. I will tell you that the big killer in these situations is the cg location, especially the aft cg. Tell you what; instead of my "advising you" on what to do specifically with this flight, let me suggest to you that you run a weight and balance for this aircraft at full tanks, THEN run the same pax and baggage loading figuring 1/4 tanks, just to see what this does to the cg. -- Dudley Henriques Making a Tail Skidder out of a 172 even a 182 when the pilot gets out is fun!!!! 30% over gross Extreme Aft CG Utterly Priceless and FUN!!! But all in a days work. Here is a sample for a PA28... http://aircraftdelivery.net/ferrypil...nkedpermit.pdf Will scan in a 172 and 182 when I have time... Don't fly over Gross unless approved to do so and have been instructed on techniques you can end up a wet stain on the ground. |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
"NW_Pilot" wrote in message . .. "Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ... tman wrote: Flown C172's for quite a while, and never had anybody in the back. Now I'm planning on quite a trip, with 2 pax and luggage. When I fill the fuel to the *tabs*, calc everyone's weight honestly and consider baggage -- I'm 75 lbs over the 2450 gross on departure. Maybe 100 over gross if I assume a "lie about weight" factor or some inaccuracy with filling the tanks. Now I'm scratching my head about just how risky this is. I know (others) have pushed over gross in these planes way more under worse conditions, and have almost always gotten away with it. I'm inclined to just do it, and be cognizant that it will perform differently, i.e. don't expect the same picture on climbout that you would when solo. Risky? Or just roundoff error on the weight? Here are some other factors: This is the 160HP C172, standard. Departure runway is 5000'. No steep terrain to climb out of. Plenty of alternates along with the way with 3000 runways. Not particularly hot, humid, or high. 50 degrees at 1000 MSL for departure or any point of landing. I'm figuring I'm 3% over gross, causing most of my V speeds to increase 1.5%, so say -- instead of flying short final at 65 knots, I'd fly at 66 knots... OK wait I can't hold airspeed to +/- 1 knot on most days anyways. I'm thinking through many of the factors, and it is only a "little" over gross, only on the first hour or so of the trip. What else should I be aware of? Am I dangerous? T I never advise a pilot to load any airplane over gross. I will tell you that the big killer in these situations is the cg location, especially the aft cg. Tell you what; instead of my "advising you" on what to do specifically with this flight, let me suggest to you that you run a weight and balance for this aircraft at full tanks, THEN run the same pax and baggage loading figuring 1/4 tanks, just to see what this does to the cg. -- Dudley Henriques Making a Tail Skidder out of a 172 even a 182 when the pilot gets out is fun!!!! 30% over gross Extreme Aft CG Utterly Priceless and FUN!!! But all in a days work. Here is a sample for a PA28... http://aircraftdelivery.net/ferrypil...nkedpermit.pdf Will scan in a 172 and 182 when I have time... Don't fly over Gross unless approved to do so and have been instructed on techniques you can end up a wet stain on the ground. I remember a C-177 loaded to the gills, bound for HNL from OXR, and they were about 500' up by the time they crossed the shoreline... |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
On Apr 18, 1:27*am, Dudley Henriques wrote:
tman wrote: Flown C172's for quite a while, and never had anybody in the back. Now I'm planning on quite a trip, with 2 pax and luggage. When I fill the fuel to the *tabs*, calc everyone's weight honestly and consider baggage -- I'm 75 lbs over the 2450 gross on departure. *Maybe 100 over gross if I assume a "lie about weight" factor or some inaccuracy with filling the tanks. *Now I'm scratching my head about just how risky this is. *I know (others) have pushed over gross in these planes way more under worse conditions, and have almost always gotten away with it. *I'm inclined to just do it, and be cognizant that it will perform differently, i.e. don't expect the same picture on climbout that you would when solo. Risky? *Or just roundoff error on the weight? *Here are some other factors: This is the 160HP C172, standard. Departure runway is 5000'. No steep terrain to climb out of. Plenty of alternates along with the way with 3000 runways. Not particularly hot, humid, or high. *50 degrees at 1000 MSL for departure or any point of landing. I'm figuring I'm 3% over gross, causing most of my V speeds to increase 1.5%, so say -- instead of flying short final at 65 knots, I'd fly at 66 knots... OK wait I can't hold airspeed to +/- 1 knot on most days anyways. I'm thinking through many of the factors, and it is only a "little" over gross, only on the first hour or so of the trip. *What else should I be aware of? *Am I dangerous? T I never advise a pilot to load any airplane over gross. I will tell you that the big killer in these situations is the cg location, especially the aft cg. Tell you what; instead of my "advising you" on what to do specifically with this flight, let me suggest to you that you run a weight and balance for this aircraft at full tanks, THEN run the same pax and baggage loading figuring 1/4 tanks, just to see what this does to the cg. -- Dudley Henriques- Hide quoted text - I was taught to do c of g calcs with the fuel I was carrying and MT. For a while I did this religously , and then after making up my own weight and balance calculator and playing around for ages with different combinations of fuel , pax and baggage, I found that for the 172N and Warriors I was flying , you could not put the c of g outside the envelope by burning fuel. ( that is if the c of g is inside the evelope with fuel , it will stay inside as you burn fuel ). In both aircraft the c of g comes forward as you burn fuel but the allowable c of g also comes forward as you lower the weight. It may ( probably is ) different in other types. But you can learn alot by playing around with your aircraft weight and balance calcs. I broke mine down to a few simple rules 1. The no brainer, stay under MTOW for the density altitude , airfield available 2. If possible put more wt in front seats ( unusual not to anyway) If I dont have any baggage and I know I have met the above , I know I dont need to look any further. If I am carrying any baggage or want to have more wt in the back seats than front, I do the calcs ( ie hardly ever) OK I have one other very obscure rule, ( If I have a 400 pound sumu wrestler in the front with me, I might check the forward c of g. Terry PPL Downunder |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
On Apr 17, 5:53*am, tman inv@lid wrote:
I'm thinking through many of the factors, and it is only a "little" over gross, only on the first hour or so of the trip. *What else should I be aware of? *Am I dangerous? T There's safe, and there's legal. If you take passengers up over gross as PIC....you've busted a rule or two. If you've posted about it here and still do it..... Why not take a few gallons of gas out of the equation and stop for a refuel a bit sooner? Doug |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
gliderguynj wrote:
On Apr 17, 5:53 am, tman inv@lid wrote: I'm thinking through many of the factors, and it is only a "little" over gross, only on the first hour or so of the trip. What else should I be aware of? Am I dangerous? T There's safe, and there's legal. If you take passengers up over gross as PIC....you've busted a rule or two. If you've posted about it here and still do it..... Then there's ethical... Should you announce to the pax that the airplane is being operated outside of the manufacturer's limits, with possible consequences explained? I see one side of the coin where all pax are licensed pilots, the PIC shows the W&B info to all involved, and all involved make individual decisions to get in, or not, based on full awareness of possible outcomes. Still not legal, but... The other side is allowing unsuspecting and unknowing people, who believe the PIC is fully trustworthy, to board a known out of limits airplane. No way, no how, am I ever going put one foot on the slippery slope of the second case. |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
On Apr 17, 12:32*pm, B A R R Y wrote:
Then there's ethical... Well said Sir. The passenger is entrusting their life in your hands. When I take a passenger up in a glider, I understand what a huge responsibility that is. Reminds me of the Cokehead pilot that killed that singer Brandy? flying to the Bahamas over gross and impaired on drugs. He might have had the same reasoning...ah just a bit over gross, so the climb out will be sluggish.... I think this is a good thread. Doug |
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Should I be scared -- C172 over Gross
"gliderguynj" wrote in message ... On Apr 17, 12:32 pm, B A R R Y wrote: Then there's ethical... Well said Sir. The passenger is entrusting their life in your hands. When I take a passenger up in a glider, I understand what a huge responsibility that is. Reminds me of the Cokehead pilot that killed that singer Brandy? flying to the Bahamas over gross and impaired on drugs. He might have had the same reasoning...ah just a bit over gross, so the climb out will be sluggish.... I think this is a good thread. Doug If you're thinking of the same crash that I am, the aircraft was way, way, way out of aft cg limits and would have killed them without regard to the rest. And yes, there were more than enough other problems... (The original question has been beaten to death as it is.) Peter |
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