"George Patterson" wrote in message
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This is not necessary with a Maule. You can load anything in the front
seats up
to the point of MGW and stay within the envelope. This is also true of a
Cessna
150. This is, in fact true of nearly every light aircraft.

Your statement was about aircraft generally with a useful load over 800
pounds, not about your Maule specifically. Additionally, I *will* argue
that the number of required previous calculations may only be one, but the
calculation is required.

Your statement that "this is, in fact true of nearly every light aircraft"
is false, unless you'd care to qualify "nearly" as differently than I
understand it (that is, only one or two aircraft would not be included).
Certainly there are plenty of light aircraft out there for which balance in
a lightly loaded airplane is still an issue. I'm sure I can find at least a
dozen if I tried, and I know of at least three off the top of my head, which
is a lot for someone like me who doesn't have anywhere close to an
encyclopedic knowledge of airplanes.

Pete