On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 3:23:25 PM UTC-6, Cookie wrote:
Yeah, it seemed like a balance problem...but we ran the numbers...

Did they have CG hook? How heavy are you? Funny thing with a pilatus...the trim ballast weights go on the TAIL !! Heavy pilots need tail ballast!



So it can take a fairly light pilot without trim ballast, and as the pilot gets heavier, you add weights to the tail...If I remember, there were two "plates"...small one, big one...you could use either, or both to give proper balance...they were bolted on externally...

Nothing unusual about aft ballast weight for a heavy pilot - got some of that in my LS6 these days! But back then, I was well under the 220 lb that the B4 flight manual says is the pilot weight that calls for the aft ballast..

And they are all CG hooks.

Was that B4 ever damaged and repaired?

Kirk
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