Fat boy wants to soar...

On Mar 22, 11:40*am, jsbrake wrote:
I flew a L-33 with max pilot weight of 287#. *The POH of my Kestrel 19
limits pilot weight through CoG limitations and MTOW (dry).

As for the BGA allowance, I thought it was 3% -- at least that's
what's I've seen on the BGA Data Certificates.

BGA allowance varies by airframe. I've never seen above 10%, which
was two seaters.

Frank Whiteley

On Mar 22, 11:47*am, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Mar 22, 11:40*am, jsbrake wrote:

I flew a L-33 with max pilot weight of 287#. *The POH of my Kestrel 19
limits pilot weight through CoG limitations and MTOW (dry).

As for the BGA allowance, I thought it was 3% -- at least that's
what's I've seen on the BGA Data Certificates.

BGA allowance varies by airframe. *I've never seen above 10%, which
was two seaters.

Frank Whiteley

Has anyone seen the latest episode of "Pawn Stars" on the History
Channel (US)? It features an SGS 2-33 that was purchased as a wreck
and rebuilt. The last scene is a test flight with one of the "hefty"
characters of the series. Looked a little overloaded but flew. Anyone
know about the fate of that glider?

On 22 mar, 18:47, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Mar 22, 11:40*am, jsbrake wrote:

I flew a L-33 with max pilot weight of 287#. *The POH of my Kestrel 19
limits pilot weight through CoG limitations and MTOW (dry).

As for the BGA allowance, I thought it was 3% -- at least that's
what's I've seen on the BGA Data Certificates.

BGA allowance varies by airframe. *I've never seen above 10%, which
was two seaters.

Frank Whiteley

The 3% limit is probably on the maximum all up weight, not the cockpit
load. The increase was to allow two averagely large middle-aged gents
to legally fly two-seater trainers wearing parachutes. Aerobatics are
not permitted over the manufacturers recommended limits, and the 110Kg
(242lb) maximum seat loading still applies.

Derek C