A36 baggage?

Where do you put the luggage in an A36? (do you have to take out the 3rd row
of seats?)

There is a space behind the 3rd row that can contain baggage.

THe usual caveat about Bonanza's and their empty fuel/end of trip CG
issues applies.

Dave

John Doe wrote:
Where do you put the luggage in an A36? (do you have to take out the 3rd row
of seats?)

"Dave S" wrote in message
k.net...
There is a space behind the 3rd row that can contain baggage.

THe usual caveat about Bonanza's and their empty fuel/end of trip CG
issues applies.

Can you explain further?

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:08:43 -0400, "John Doe"
wrote:


"Dave S" wrote in message
nk.net...
There is a space behind the 3rd row that can contain baggage.

THe usual caveat about Bonanza's and their empty fuel/end of trip CG
issues applies.

Can you explain further?

Fuel is typically forward of the spar/c.g., bodies and "stuff"
typically aft of the spar/c.g.

In-flight the fuel gets turned into various combustion by-products and
the c.g. shifts aft.

AFAIK the A36 has the 2 front seats located further forward than any
of the other Bananer's, but the passenger/baggage compartment extends
further aft.

TC

wrote:

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:08:43 -0400, "John Doe"
wrote:


"Dave S" wrote in message
ink.net...

There is a space behind the 3rd row that can contain baggage.

THe usual caveat about Bonanza's and their empty fuel/end of trip CG
issues applies.

Can you explain further?


Fuel is typically forward of the spar/c.g., bodies and "stuff"
typically aft of the spar/c.g.

In-flight the fuel gets turned into various combustion by-products and
the c.g. shifts aft.

AFAIK the A36 has the 2 front seats located further forward than any
of the other Bananer's, but the passenger/baggage compartment extends
further aft.



In an A36 if you can takeoff within CG you will land within CG.

Newps wrote:

In an A36 if you can takeoff within CG you will land within CG.

I've got a flight planner which came loaded with the data for an A36 with club
seating, N90002. The CoG shifts aft 4" from full to empty tanks. It's very easy
to load that plane in such a way that you take off within the envelope and
attempt to land outside the envelope without anyone changing seats.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

That hard part is loading it. I flew a Debonair before I bought my
Mooney. I still don't understand why Beech continues having people load
baggage from that little door on the side. In the Mooney, you load it
like a car's truck, from the top. In the Beech, I had to load the first
bag, then lift it up and load the next under it, etc. The other option
was to load the bags over the back seat, skipping the door. There is a
reason Chevy puts a trunk on cars rather than have a little door on the
side to load your car. I guess for those that only carry 1 or 2 bags
the Beech way may work but for those of us that load to the ceiling,
the Mooney way is clearly the best. I"m also 6'4", I've always thought
that Beech designed for shorter pilots, while Mooney designed for
taller pilots, perhaps that is a factor too.

-Robert

You're 6'4" and you fly a Mooney? Wow. Good on ya. Probably don't have
much leg room for passengers in the back. Do you find the Mooney to be a
tight fit?


"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
That hard part is loading it. I flew a Debonair before I bought my
Mooney. I still don't understand why Beech continues having people load
baggage from that little door on the side. In the Mooney, you load it
like a car's truck, from the top. In the Beech, I had to load the first
bag, then lift it up and load the next under it, etc. The other option
was to load the bags over the back seat, skipping the door. There is a
reason Chevy puts a trunk on cars rather than have a little door on the
side to load your car. I guess for those that only carry 1 or 2 bags
the Beech way may work but for those of us that load to the ceiling,
the Mooney way is clearly the best. I"m also 6'4", I've always thought
that Beech designed for shorter pilots, while Mooney designed for
taller pilots, perhaps that is a factor too.

-Robert

In article .com,
"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

In the Beech, I had to load the first bag, then lift it up and load
the next under it, etc. The other option was to load the bags over
the back seat, skipping the door.

Sounds like how I load the 182 for AirVenture.

I still don't understand why Beech continues having people load
baggage from that little door on the side. In the Mooney, you load it
like a car's truck, from the top. In the Beech, I had to load the first
bag, then lift it up and load the next under it, etc. The other option
was to load the bags over the back seat, skipping the door. There is a
reason Chevy puts a trunk on cars rather than have a little door on the
side to load your car.

Interesting. The few times I've loaded a Mooney, I found the location of
the baggage compartment door to be awkward. Having to lift the bags up so
much higher in order to clear the lip made me long for the nice, low baggage
doors in most other planes.

Of course, I wasn't loading for Oshkosh. If I was loading to the roof, I
can certainly see your point.

I"m also 6'4", I've always thought
that Beech designed for shorter pilots, while Mooney designed for
taller pilots, perhaps that is a factor too.

First time I've ever heard that. Usually I've heard pilots describe both
planes the other way 'round...
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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