Fat boy wants to soar...

On Mar 20, 4:01*pm, Brad wrote:
On Mar 20, 7:41*am, delboy wrote:





On Mar 20, 2:15*pm, bildan wrote:

On Mar 18, 2:23*pm, Guy Byars wrote:

On Mar 18, 12:43*am, "BT" wrote:

Knowing flying over the MTOW or out of the CG range can cause an insurance
company to deny a claim.

Can anyone anywhere cite a single example of an insurance company
denying a claim due to flying outside MTOW or CG ranges?

The insurance issue isn't getting a settlement for the first accident
related to an over gross flight - you will get paid. *However, a
problem may arise at renewal time.

There is really no excuse for operating outside the CG envelope. *The
JAR 110 Kg seat limit is a little restrictive for us chubby Americans
but, hey, it's an incentive to cut back on the bacon burgers and
fries.

The idea that the gross weight limit isn't a hard rule is just wrong.
Aircraft manufacturers gain nothing by understating load capacity.
The certificated max weight is as high as can be safely allowed.

It may only be my impression but it seems to me that gliders that are
habitually operated over gross suffer undue wear and damage to the
landing gear, seats and cockpit area. *I've noticed that some POH's
call for tire pressure above the max pressure on the tire sidewall.
I wouldn't think operating those gliders over gross is a good idea.

You could always suggest that Mr McFarley cuts down on the Burgers,
French fries and beer, and does a bit of exercise. Or is that not
'American'?

Derek C

careful................remember we have lot's of cruise
missiles.........- Hide quoted text -


You also have a lot of very *big* people, so I guess you are right! We
see some of them in the UK during the tourist season.

A quick plug for our tourist industry (about all we have left) if you
don't mind:

Thanks to our useless 'socialist' government the pound is now worth
b*gg*r all, so you will get a good exchange rate if you come over this
year. We even have gliding, and a lot of sites that do winch launching
if you want to give it try, or wish to learn properly. We will make
you very welcome, although we would appreciate it if you weigh less
than 232 lbs (105 kg) to allow for wearing a 10 lb parachute. We speak
a fairly quaint old fashioned form of American called English by the
way, so no need to learn another language.

Derek C