At 00:52 04 June 2014, Karl Striedieck wrote:
Anyone know why the Duo (and supposedly other Doppelsetzers) have the
same
minimum front seat weight with or without a person in the back seat?

The rear seat moment arm has about 1/4th the effect compared to the
front,
so I would think a 200 pounder in the rear would reduce the front min
weight by 50 pounds - nicht wahr?

Maybe the numbers are based on a super cautious approach for situations
like an instructor jumping out when the student solos and forgetting to
recompute the cg?




My guess....The European High Command, EASA, has a strict definition for
the format of the placard that MUST go in the cockpit. This has a space for
only one configuration. If Shempp were to alter this it would make the
aircraft unsafe to fly in Europe.

Jim