Weight & Balance Question

"Geoffrey Barnes" wrote in message nk.net...
If they did or if there is still too much fuel (weight), I am
going to scrap the flight. I'm not going to worry about trying to get some
fuel drained. Given the background for this flight, I don't think it would
be worth the hassle.

That's fine for this flight, but I am going to use your post to ask a
question that I've had for some time. Let's say you do need to "dump fuel",
to get the weight down. How do you do it? Does the FBO drain it for you?
What do they drain it into? What would you do if you were at an unattended
field? Can this drained fuel be saved and re-used at a later time, or do
those bad FBO people keep it?

I've had this done two or three times. The FBO treated it as normal
procedure, and since I rent wet, there's no cost implication. The fuel
truck can suck a metered amount of fuel out of the tanks and back into
the truck, so it seems.

One time it was for my checkride in a 152 (no tabs) - we filled it up
and then took 6 gallons out, and I made sure the examiner knew it.

-- David Brooks