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