"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Cubdriver wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:07:03 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

252lbs is a lot of weight to go gliding with. It's also a lot of weight
for a light powered airplane.

Lately we have been instructed NOT to fuel the Cubs after we are done
with them. It seems that both the instructors and the students are now
each approaching 200 pounds.

Body shape is also a consideration. I had a friend in that weight
range (250 lb) who wanted to take lessons, but the Cub was out of the
question because he couldn't get the stick back to full-stall.



Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 forthcoming from
HarperCollins www.flyingtigersbook.com
This is the same procedure we used for our Cessna 150's way back when. I
made it each instructor's responsibility to insure that the schedule was
checked by radio after a flight to see if fuel would be an issue for the
next scheduled flight for a specific aircraft.

Naturally we didn't catch it every time as walk in's were frequent, but
it's surprising how many times we DID catch a W&B issue coming in for a
specific 150 and avoid it by not topping off the tanks.
In the J3, doing this could prove to be a very good policy indeed.
Dudley Henriques

And in the 152 with long range tanks, you could climb to practice
altitude quicker.

Al G