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PA-32 Weight and Balance
Has anyone ever been able to put 6 adults in a Saratoga without exceeding
the aft CG? So far, every time I run the numbers with two adults in the aft two seats, I exceed the aft CG. |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
In article NrYag.44229$iF3.30882@dukeread01,
"John Doe" wrote: Has anyone ever been able to put 6 adults in a Saratoga without exceeding the aft CG? So far, every time I run the numbers with two adults in the aft two seats, I exceed the aft CG. It depends on just how big your adults are. If you are talking about overweight males, the answer is no. You will probably get five, but be sure to calculate a landing CG to assure that the CG has not gone aft of limits for landing. If you are taking baggage, you can play with who sits in the center row of seats and baggage in the nose compartment to shift things forward. |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
If you are talking about overweight males, the answer is no. Unless you put overweight males in the front, too. |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
If you are talking about overweight males, the answer is no. Unless you put overweight males in the front, too. |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
"john smith" wrote in message ... In article NrYag.44229$iF3.30882@dukeread01, "John Doe" wrote: Has anyone ever been able to put 6 adults in a Saratoga without exceeding the aft CG? So far, every time I run the numbers with two adults in the aft two seats, I exceed the aft CG. It depends on just how big your adults are. If you are talking about overweight males, the answer is no. You will probably get five, but be sure to calculate a landing CG to assure that the CG has not gone aft of limits for landing. If you are taking baggage, you can play with who sits in the center row of seats and baggage in the nose compartment to shift things forward. Does anyone have an electronic weight and balance for PA-32 ? |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
Does anyone have an electronic weight and balance for PA-32 ?
Do you mean a spreadsheet? |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
In article _y9bg.44290$iF3.6732@dukeread01,
"John Doe" wrote: "john smith" wrote in message ... In article NrYag.44229$iF3.30882@dukeread01, "John Doe" wrote: Has anyone ever been able to put 6 adults in a Saratoga without exceeding the aft CG? So far, every time I run the numbers with two adults in the aft two seats, I exceed the aft CG. It depends on just how big your adults are. If you are talking about overweight males, the answer is no. You will probably get five, but be sure to calculate a landing CG to assure that the CG has not gone aft of limits for landing. If you are taking baggage, you can play with who sits in the center row of seats and baggage in the nose compartment to shift things forward. Does anyone have an electronic weight and balance for PA-32 ? It is easy to build one up, using excel. All you need to do is list all the weights, their arm, multiply weight by arm, sum up the moments and divide by the sum of the weights. It is easy to build sample gross weight scenarios and loadings expected on typical trips. |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
John Doe wrote:
"john smith" wrote in message ... In article NrYag.44229$iF3.30882@dukeread01, "John Doe" wrote: Has anyone ever been able to put 6 adults in a Saratoga without exceeding the aft CG? So far, every time I run the numbers with two adults in the aft two seats, I exceed the aft CG. It depends on just how big your adults are. If you are talking about overweight males, the answer is no. You will probably get five, but be sure to calculate a landing CG to assure that the CG has not gone aft of limits for landing. If you are taking baggage, you can play with who sits in the center row of seats and baggage in the nose compartment to shift things forward. Does anyone have an electronic weight and balance for PA-32 ? CoPilot flight planner for the Palm PDA has a customizable W&B you can apply to any A/C. The graphical display will show ramp, take off, landing, and no fuel for a flight. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
I do not believe that will help
"Mike Granby" wrote in message oups.com... If you are talking about overweight males, the answer is no. Unless you put overweight males in the front, too. |
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PA-32 Weight and Balance
In article _y9bg.44290$iF3.6732@dukeread01,
John Doe wrote: Does anyone have an electronic weight and balance for PA-32 ? Saratoga FG: http://www.wvfc.org/craft/83763.html Saratoga RG: http://www.wvfc.org/craft/432lt.html I played around with the numbers, and the Saratoga FG is pretty easy to get outside the aft limit. On the RG, even with just an FAA standard 170 lbs pilot, no baggage, and 450 lbs in the rear seats, it is just within the aft CG. YMMV, John -- John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/ |
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