On Jan 17, 5:12*pm, B A R R Y wrote:
wrote:

Sierra's had an STC to add a tail cone weight. *AFAIK, it was never
approved for Sundowners, even though it's the same airframe.

I've thought the same, as we have a 50 pound bag of kitty litter in our
baggage compartment if we don't have a back seat pax.

I bought an '81 C182 on Friday, and the balance differences are
shocking. * The Beech 23/24 airframe seems to LOVE back seat pax.

Dang, didn't know that Barry. A&P was the one to suggest this....

Had a passenger yesterday who weighed about 225, sooooooooo much
better landing now! No back passengers needed, and gained quite a bit
of useful load!