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Steve Foley writes:

NO. Pilots must calculate weight and balance prior to each flight.

And they all do this methodically?

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Steve Foley writes:

NO. Pilots must calculate weight and balance prior to each flight.

And they all do this methodically?

I'm not sure what you mean by methodically.

There is a specific method used to calculate W&B, so they should be using
the prescribed method.

If you mean do they always do this, I can only speak for myself. I have a
pre-calculated one for myself with full fuel, myself with fuel to tabs
(partial tanks) and myself and a 170lb person in the front right seat, both
with full fuel and tabs. Anything else I need to recalculate.

Steve Foley writes:

If you mean do they always do this, I can only speak for myself. I have a
pre-calculated one for myself with full fuel, myself with fuel to tabs
(partial tanks) and myself and a 170lb person in the front right seat, both
with full fuel and tabs. Anything else I need to recalculate.

So if someone tosses a bag in the back, or if the person next to you
weighs more or less than 170 lbs, you redo the calculations?

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Steve Foley writes:

If you mean do they always do this, I can only speak for myself. I have a
pre-calculated one for myself with full fuel, myself with fuel to tabs
(partial tanks) and myself and a 170lb person in the front right seat,
both
with full fuel and tabs. Anything else I need to recalculate.

So if someone tosses a bag in the back, or if the person next to you
weighs more or less than 170 lbs, you redo the calculations?




Nobody 'tosses a bag in the back' of my plane. I take it, weight it, stow
it, and re-do the weight and balance.

Mxsmanic,

So if someone tosses a bag in the back, or if the person next to you
weighs more or less than 170 lbs, you redo the calculations?


Yes. It's not rocket science. In fact, it's one of the key things you
learn when really flying.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert writes:

Yes. It's not rocket science. In fact, it's one of the key things you
learn when really flying.

It would be interesting to know how many pilots actually bother.

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Mxsmanic,

And they all do this methodically?


Those that you don't find in your mile-high piles of accident reports,
yes.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)