Weight and balance, ballast, trim when flying alone

On Jan 15, 9:20 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
John writes:
How much does it pitch to the side if you don't put offsetting weight into
the passenger seat and how does it compare to the normal variation caused by
fuel burn from a single side at a time?

I never burn fuel from a single side at a time, so I cannot comment on that.
Both the Bonanza and the Baron let you draw fuel from both tanks, and that's
how I leave it set.

No, they don't.


If you are heavy and alone in the plane, it has a distinct tendency to bank
towards the heavy side. The Bonanza does this, anyway, so it's harder to
notice, but the Baron will do it, only not as obviously. When I first started
flying these aircraft I noticed odd banking tendencies and it took a while for
it to dawn on me that the aircraft was simply loaded unevenly.


Neither Bonanza (35 or A36) exhibits banking tendency with me solo in
the airplane (I weigh 195). How many tons is this pilot?

Dan

Jim Stewart wrote in
:

Or sex with a real mate instead of your hand...

Are you Australian?

Bertie the Bunyip wrote in news:Xns9A272A818BAC****upropeeh@
207.14.116.130:

Lead's better. It doesn't argue.
Sheesh! I hope sinc eAnthony is my chew toy he's not toxic!

It's OK - he's in France, not China.

Bertie the Bunyip wrote in news:Xns9A27DEC24AFBD****upropeeh@
207.14.116.130:

Bob Moore wrote in
46.128:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote

Bob Moore wrote
I have lots of time in YAK-52s, no tank selector at all, just
a fuel ON/OFF switch. Works very well.

Must have some system to get around the problem. It has wing tanks?
Or dos it feed to the engine out of a header tank which is in turn fed
by the wing tanks?

Yes, two wing tanks and a header tank in the engine compartment.

And how does it shift fuel to the header? Elec pumps?


Bertie

S-Turns?

Judah wrote in news:Xns9A28D910727F5Judahnospamnet@
209.197.15.254:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote in news:Xns9A272A818BAC****upropeeh@
207.14.116.130:

Lead's better. It doesn't argue.
Sheesh! I hope sinc eAnthony is my chew toy he's not toxic!

It's OK - he's in France, not China.


Whew, he probably just tastes of snails then.

Bertie

Judah wrote in news:Xns9A28D948D763EJudahnospamnet@
209.197.15.254:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote in news:Xns9A27DEC24AFBD****upropeeh@
207.14.116.130:

Bob Moore wrote in
46.128:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote

Bob Moore wrote
I have lots of time in YAK-52s, no tank selector at all, just
a fuel ON/OFF switch. Works very well.

Must have some system to get around the problem. It has wing tanks?
Or dos it feed to the engine out of a header tank which is in turn fed
by the wing tanks?

Yes, two wing tanks and a header tank in the engine compartment.

And how does it shift fuel to the header? Elec pumps?


Bertie

S-Turns?


k


Bertie

On Jan 17, 9:47*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Andy Hawkins wrote :

Hi,

In article ,
* * * * * wrote:
It's extremely difficult to walk without spending anything.

Another one to add to the list that includes 'Flying has nothing to do
with being in the air' perhaps?

This is all gold. we should start a special archive.

Bertie

I gave up responding to MX's stupid, argumentative posts long ago but
I continue to lurk...just for daily laughs. But I have to come out of
the shadows to say that you are right...this one is absolutely 100%
pure gold!! Between the single pilot ballast question and the "I
can't leave my mommy's apt and walk because I might spend money", its
all too much to take. Pure gold.

--Jeff

Judah writes:

One sure method is to walk without any money in your pocket.

In many jurisdictions, you can be cited or even arrested for vagrancy if you
have no money on your person.

writes:

No, they don't.

Yes, they do, on my sim, which is what I had in mind (actually the Baron draws
fuel for each engine from its respective tank).

Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

No, they don't.

Yes, they do, on my sim,

See there's your problem. This isn't a group about sims.