Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

It's been fun, but I'm heading out to fly a Real Bonanza over the Real
surface of the earth in the Real atmosphere. The refresh rate is
awesome!

Be sure to turn crash detection off.


Ooow! An attempt at wit.

OTOH, he's probably so far removed form reality at this stage he probably
believes it.


Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

I suppose you simulate work, trips to the dentist, and exercise since
those are things you don't like?

I undertake those trips because I have no choice. For exercise, I walk,
although I have neither the time nor the money to do that currently, so I
haven't been walking.



Awww, I feel bad for you. Maybe you can get Chris Cocker to cry for you..




Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Gig 601XL Builder writes:

Where would you place the fuel pump to deal with the problem?

That would depend on the aircraft. I don't know where it is placed in a
Bonanza.

You are a moron.

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder writes:

Where would you place the fuel pump to deal with the problem?

That would depend on the aircraft. I don't know where it is placed in a
Bonanza.

Where it is in the Bo doesn't matter because it doesn't draw from both
tanks at once.

Where would you place a fuel pump in a low wing plane with a tank in
each wing that would not suck air from the empty tank?

On Jan 17, 3:20 am, " wrote:

"Useful" and "Practical" only apply in support of some other function.
A manure shovel is not practical or useful in surgery, but it is very
practical and useful in a barn or a newsgroup.

Finally some-one has put the two together.
Anthony and manure shovel operator

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Probably the ones that are furthest away form Reality are the WW1
airplanes. MSFS used to come with a Camel which was the easist to fly of
all the airplanes in the pack. Bwawahwahwhahwahwhahwhahwhahwhahwhahwh!


I remember the Camel from the 80s versions of MSFS (with wire-frame scenery)
It really was the easiest to fly. No gyroscopic effect from the engine
spinning around on the nose. It was quite docile.

About 15 yrs. later, a guy showed up with a real Camel F.1 at an Antique
Aircraft Assoc. fly-in. I remember being impressed that he had to land in
the grass between the runway and the taxiway (tail skid). After discussing
the flight characteristics with him for a few minutes, it became clear why he
only flew it to a few shows a year. The chances of turning the plane into a
ball of sticks and cloth were pretty good in anything other than perfect
conditions.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Probably the ones that are furthest away form Reality are the WW1
airplanes. MSFS used to come with a Camel which was the easist to fly
of all the airplanes in the pack.
Bwawahwahwhahwahwhahwhahwhahwhahwhahwh!


I remember the Camel from the 80s versions of MSFS (with wire-frame
scenery) It really was the easiest to fly. No gyroscopic effect
from the engine
spinning around on the nose. It was quite docile.

About 15 yrs. later, a guy showed up with a real Camel F.1 at an
Antique
Aircraft Assoc. fly-in. I remember being impressed that he had to
land in the grass between the runway and the taxiway (tail skid).
After discussing the flight characteristics with him for a few
minutes, it became clear why he only flew it to a few shows a year.
The chances of turning the plane into a ball of sticks and cloth were
pretty good in anything other than perfect conditions.


Love to try one.
Even Cole Palen lost them on landing fairly regularly, though, and there
couldnt have been many, if any, who knew more about flying rotaries than he
did.

Bertie

Tina wrote:

Bertie, MX may not be overqualified as ballast. If, for example, I was
PIC (about 130 pounds) with a center of gravity (watch it now, if you
comment on the location of my center of gravity) 18 inches to the left
of centerline, a 260 pound ballast sitting in the back 9 inches to
the right of center would bring things into left and right balance.
There should be enough trim for fore and aft balance. You might assume
I would not invite ballast to sit in front.

Not only that, the last thing you want
is the ballast to move around and make
a mess. Since one of the reasons MX gives
for not flying is no bathroom, I think he
would be unsuitable for ballast, at least
in my plane.

dVaridel wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote
On Jan 15, 5:37 pm, WingFlaps 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.

::chuckle::

I use FSX to practice IFR (as a strictly VFR pilot) and landing is hard work
in the sim as so many clues are just not there. It's a wacky universe in
there, I can complete a credible (as in still flyable afterward) circuit in
a B737 but can't pass the MS PPL checkride!

FS are cheap to run, but the real word is far, far better. Sorta like
comparing sandpaper with a beach ......

Or sex with a real mate instead of your hand...

On Jan 16, 2:19 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

I undertake those trips because I have no choice. For exercise, I walk,
although I have neither the time nor the money to do that currently, so I
haven't been walking.

Is there a fee to walk?

Even the homeless walk, and they don't play MSFS...