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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
On Jan 16, 8:58 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Robert M. Gary writes: What a very, very odd question. I don't believe I've ever been asked such a question by a student before. Is that why you haven't answered it? He's waiting for a student to ask the question. None has yet |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
How much does it pitch to the side if you don't put offsetting weight into
the passenger seat and how does it compare to the normal variation caused by fuel burn from a single side at a time? If you do the math I think you will see that the moment caused by the fuel burn changes is much higher then the moment caused by the weight of the passengers so close to the centerline. "Mxsmanic" wrote in message news John writes: What is your expectation from your simulator experience? I expect it to reasonably simulate weight and balance issues, which it does, but not having flown the real thing, I don't know how accurate the simulation is. I've read that MSFS tends to exaggerate the W&B effects of unequal amounts of fuel in the tanks, for example, although I always keep fuel loads balanced. Do you need to laterally balance the plane in MSFS? Yes. |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
Recently, Robert M. Gary posted:
On Jan 15, 9:53 am, Mxsmanic wrote: What is your method for handling weight and balance when you are piloting a small aircraft alone? Do you just trim to adjust for the lateral imbalance, or do you put something on the other side of the plane (ballast, luggage, etc.) to balance it out, or what? What a very, very odd question. I don't believe I've ever been asked such a question by a student before. -Robert, CFII Don't worry... you still haven't, for very good reason. Neil |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... What is your method for handling weight and balance when you are piloting a small aircraft alone? Do you just trim to adjust for the lateral imbalance, or do you put something on the other side of the plane (ballast, luggage, etc.) to balance it out, or what? JUST DRINK THE F-----G KOOL-AID !!! |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
On Jan 15, 11:58*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Robert M. Gary writes: What a very, very odd question. I don't believe I've ever been asked such a question by a student before. Is that why you haven't answered it? I usually start my students out with a $49 intro flight. Once they'd taken that flight they would probably not think to ask this question. -Robert |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
"Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote in news:7e42a64257da1@uwe:
Bertie the Bunyip wrote: Why, you thinking of becoming ballast? you're overqualified. Bertie niiiice... actually some of these are pretty good. "underqualified" might be what I'd expect from you, yip. As a flame, or as ballast myself? Bertie |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
On Jan 16, 8:58*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
John writes: What is your expectation from your simulator experience? I expect it to reasonably simulate weight and balance issues, which it does, but not having flown the real thing, I don't know how accurate the simulation is. Will wonders never cease, he admits it at last! The answer is that MSFS simulation is nothing like really flying. Cheers |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
On Jan 15, 5:37*pm, WingFlaps wrote:
On Jan 16, 8:58*am, Mxsmanic wrote: Will wonders never cease, he admits it at last! The answer is that MSFS simulation is nothing like really flying. I hope not because I still can't land the Cessna 150 in MSFS. -Robert |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
Mxsmanic wrote in
news John writes: What is your expectation from your simulator experience? I expect it to reasonably simulate weight and balance issues, which it does No, it doesn;'t Bertie |
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Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in
: On Jan 15, 9:53*am, Mxsmanic wrote: What is your method for handling weight and balance when you are piloting a small aircraft alone? *Do you just trim to adjust for the lateral imbala nce, or do you put something on the other side of the plane (ballast, luggage, etc.) to balance it out, or what? What a very, very odd question. I don't believe I've ever been asked such a question by a student before. You still haven;'t. Bertie |
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