There was a famous Las Vegas entertainer, who bought a very
nice turboprop twin and took it to a completion center in
Omaha to have the cabin done in his style. The completion
center advised that the list of cabin furnishings was very
heavy and probably not a good idea.
But the entertainer insisted.

The completed airplane was over gross without payload or
fuel.



"Bill Denton" wrote in message
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| Consider the following aircraft:
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| Seats ---------------------------------------------- 2
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| Empty Weight (typical) -------------------- 920 lbs.
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| Maximum Gross Weight -----------------1320 lbs.
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| Useful Load ----------------------------------- 400 lbs.
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| Payload with Full Fuel (18 Gals) -------- 292 lbs.
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| Suppose I wanted to add additional equipment to this
aircraft. Obviously,
| this would raise the Empty Weight, and lower the Useful
Load and the
| Payload.
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| Is there any sort of "minimum" Useful Load or Payload that
must be
| maintained when equipment is added, or is it simply a
matter of operating it
| within the "weight envelope"?
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