Gross Weight

Exactly what we were discussing at work.....

I guess maybe it might relate to how many drinks can I have in a specified
period before driving home.....

Fred

"Jose" wrote in message
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As a practical matter, if being 45 pounds over gross makes the difference
between somebody going or being left behind, I can tell you that you'll
be as popular as a turd in the punchbowl if you leave that person behind.

Leave some gas behind and alter your flight plan if necessary.

If your limit is 45 over gross, how far over your limit is ok?

Jose
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Exactly what we were discussing at work.....

I guess maybe it might relate to how many drinks can I have in a specified
period before driving home.....

Actually, I've found alcohol to be quite useful in aviation. In
situations where I'd be over gross, I have a few six-packs of beer. If
the pilot is already flying, then his weight can be subtracted from the
manifest, allowing more cargo, or more fuel. By getting the passengers
suitably high also, I can reclaim almost all the payload that way. So
then, after the passengers have boarded the airplane, I calculate how
much extra fuel each one represents, and have the FBO fill up one of
those big fifty gallon drums full and we load it into the cargo
compartment... you know, the one in the back that says "200 pounds max".
Well, ok 50 gallons is 300 pounds, but if we average that over the
whole airframe we're only 25 pounds over per passenger (and the bigger
the passenger, the less that 25 pounds is, percent wise). And more fuel
makes you safer anyway.

So then I get on the runway, open the throttle, and climb as fast as I
can. Really pull back on that yoke - the plane should climb like a bat
out of hell, since it's virtually empty.

Remember - eight bottles, then throttle.

Jose
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LOL!

Fred


"Jose" wrote in message
...
Exactly what we were discussing at work.....

I guess maybe it might relate to how many drinks can I have in a
specified period before driving home.....

Actually, I've found alcohol to be quite useful in aviation. In
situations where I'd be over gross, I have a few six-packs of beer. If
the pilot is already flying, then his weight can be subtracted from the
manifest, allowing more cargo, or more fuel. By getting the passengers
suitably high also, I can reclaim almost all the payload that way. So
then, after the passengers have boarded the airplane, I calculate how much
extra fuel each one represents, and have the FBO fill up one of those big
fifty gallon drums full and we load it into the cargo compartment... you
know, the one in the back that says "200 pounds max". Well, ok 50 gallons
is 300 pounds, but if we average that over the whole airframe we're only
25 pounds over per passenger (and the bigger the passenger, the less that
25 pounds is, percent wise). And more fuel makes you safer anyway.

So then I get on the runway, open the throttle, and climb as fast as I
can. Really pull back on that yoke - the plane should climb like a bat
out of hell, since it's virtually empty.

Remember - eight bottles, then throttle.

Jose
(*) kids - don't try this at home!
--
Get high on gasoline. Fly an airplane.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.