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Todd Pattist wrote:
"Kirk" wrote: Anyone ever throw a weight in the back to get within allowable weight and balance? I have a small tank in the base of my glider fin. I fill it with water when needed to get the W&B correct. When ferrying the Lockheed L1649, we used to have to load 4000 pounds of water in 55 gallon drums AFT of the rear cabin door. Without that weight in the tail and a hydraulic boost failure, you couldn't get the nose high enough, or tail low enough, to keep from landing on the nosegay first. Lou. |
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Why not? I sure was able to read it better?
Montblack wrote: (Kirk wrote) Testing HTML format.... As your return e-mail address says - "No Thanks" Please do not post HTML to this newsgroup. Maybe someday, but not yet. Thank you. -- Montblack |
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Sure, do it. It'll fly better. The old turbo 206 I flew had the same
problem, and just a little weight aft sure helped. Walmart sells 5 gallon foldable plastic containers for about 3 bucks. It'll put 40 lbs where you want it, is easily desposed of, and if you park short of the airport, you'll have 5 gallons of drinking water. Al Gerharter "Maule Driver" wrote in message . com... "G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message Anyone ever throw a weight in the back to get within allowable weight and balance? Never done it, but I've read of cases. I've considered doing it myself to make my Maule a bit less squirrelly. Shouldn't be a problem. Weight in the back (rearward cg) will tend to make an a/c squirrelly. A more forward cg makes it more brick-like. Flying with 4 and baggage and almost full fuel (gotta love it), I have to aggressively move baggage forward to get it inbounds (flt bag underneath front passengers knees, small dense items underneath rear seat, rear seat passengers may have a light item on their laps or around feet). At the rear limit, it definitely gets squirrelly. Feels unstable. Hunts a bit in pitch. Very sensitive on the controls. But it is nicer to fly just inside that rear limit. |
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I got one of those 8 gallon (7?) blue plastic tanks from the
sporting goods store for water on camping trips. Filled it with water, about 50 pounds worth. It's strapped down in the baggage area and is perfect ballast. Plus, living out in the desert area, most convenient if something goes wrong and I need to land. |
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"Ross Richardson" wrote in message ... Why not? I sure was able to read it better? Same here. It was actually kind of a pretty table. |
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What is the problem with HTML? Is it that various reader programs don't
support it? Or service providers that don't support? Looked great on my screen - MS Outlook Express and Roadrunner "Montblack" wrote in message .. . (Kirk wrote) Testing HTML format.... As your return e-mail address says - "No Thanks" Please do not post HTML to this newsgroup. Maybe someday, but not yet. Thank you. -- Montblack |
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Kirk wrote: Just a guess, but I am probably carrying about 138 more pounds in the fuel tanks than the 182L (65 gallon tanks?). This aircraft is a 1979 Cessna 182Q with 88 gallons of useable fuel. Thanks for eveyones feedback! I have 79 gal (long range tanks) in the L model. I have flown several Q models owned by the CAP, and they make us work the W&B before each flight. I still dont remember that any of them were close to the front limit even with two lard asses in the front. (Takes one to know one: I'm 210#) I'm still suspicious of your numbers. Perhaps the empty weight and moment on your Q got messed up somewhere along the inevitable added/removed chain. MikeM Skylane '1MM |
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Lou Ramsay wrote:
Todd Pattist wrote: "Kirk" wrote: Anyone ever throw a weight in the back to get within allowable weight and balance? I have a small tank in the base of my glider fin. I fill it with water when needed to get the W&B correct. When ferrying the Lockheed L1649, we used to have to load 4000 pounds of water in 55 gallon drums AFT of the rear cabin door. Without that weight in the tail and a hydraulic boost failure, you couldn't get the nose high enough, or tail low enough, to keep from landing on the nosegay first. Lou. Sorry about the mistake - meant "nosegear". |
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Tastes better than oil, too.
Bob "blanche cohen" wrote in message ... I got one of those 8 gallon (7?) blue plastic tanks from the sporting goods store for water on camping trips. Filled it with water, about 50 pounds worth. It's strapped down in the baggage area and is perfect ballast. Plus, living out in the desert area, most convenient if something goes wrong and I need to land. |
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Kirk,
Sounds like you have an extra nose heavy 182, but that happens from time to time. With fuel burn on that airplane the c.g. does not move much during flight, so it's time for uou to toss some weight aft (which will also make the airplane faster in cruise.) If you have a heavy flight case, as many pilots do, strapping it into one of the rear seats may take care of it for you. When I flew freight in the Cessna 404 the airplane was out of c.g. forward with just a pilot aboard, so I carried two collapsible, five gallon water jugs. When the airplane was empty I filled up the jugs (there's always a spigot somewhere on the airport) and put them under the baggage net in the back end of the airplane. Once I got the freight, if it took me to gross, I dumped the water. Otherwise I just moved the jugs forward if needed to keep the c.g. from going out the aft end if I knew I had another empty leg coming up. I've still got the jugs and use them for camping trips, but haven't flown an airplane in quite a while in which I needed them for c.g. adjustment. All the best, Rick "Kirk" wrote in message ... Anyone ever throw a weight in the back to get within allowable weight and balance? I am flying a C182 with 430 pounds (pilot & passenger) in the front row. The point is I would like both of us to sit up front for the flight. I have other aircraft that I can fly, and this is not a required flight (no safety flaming please). Calculated arm is 37.99, and minimum arm at that weight is 38.15. I am 144.85 pounds UNDER gross weight at this point. If I throw a 20 pound weight in the main baggage compartment the arm is 38.4 (meets the minimum requirements) and we can both sit up front. |
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