Posted on 06/22/2019 7:40:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Its called a PILOT. You take a pen and a paper and add up all the weights and how far forward or back they are. You plot the result is a graph thats called the CG envelope. I do a complete weight and balance calculation every time I go up. I once had to add 55 pounds of ballast in the luggage compartment because my CG was too far forward.
Its not cool, its not sexy, but the math will never fail you.
“My point is it was a short runway.”
Don’t extrapolate from jets and vectored thrust to civilian prop planes.
I think the otter is a great plane.
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