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Old January 16th 08, 03:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

You can run one tank dry in a Bonanza and have the other at 35
gallons and only need 1/4 twist of the aileron trim to keep things
balanced.


1/4 twist = 1/4 rotation of the knob (90 degrees of rotation)?

If that's true, then I suppose the weight of the pilot must be far
less significant in comparison.

I doubt there is a Bonanza flying with a "Both" selection.


I've seen pictures of selectors with a "both" position, although
apparently they don't come that way from the factory. Odd that such a
position isn't standard. Dreamfleet puts such a selector in its
Bonanza (one of the very few departures from reality) because MSFS
supposedly exaggerates fuel imbalances. I always leave it in that
position.



They don't do it because they don't build airplanes for idiots.

Like you , for instance.


Bertie