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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 |
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Fat boy wants to soar...
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? |
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Fat boy wants to soar...
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, jsbrake wrote: I flew a L-33 with max pilot weight of 287#. Inasmuch as the L-33 POH gives the pilot weight range as 121 to 243 pounds, is that something you really want to declare in public? Golly. When I was 19, I rode my 500cc Yamaha about 90 mph down a 30 mph rural Delaware dirt road to beat a freight train to an intersection so I wouldn't have to wait for it to pass. I made it. This flying-over-placarded-weight thread has the same feel. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do the train race today. Besides having been immortal then, I don't think I understood the idea of error chains and margins. Several motorcycle crashes later, I came to like margins. --ken |
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Fat boy wants to soar...
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 |
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Fat boy wants to soar...
On Mar 22, 7:37*pm, ken wrote:
Inasmuch as the L-33 POH gives the pilot weight range as 121 to 243 pounds, is that something you really want to declare in public? Golly. The ship I flew was placarded for a maximum of 287# from the factory -- I can only assume that the factory approved of that pilot weight, regardless of what might be in the POH. I never stated that I flew it at that weight, but I understand how one might have inferred such. |
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