Overgross?

[cynic]

A cargo area can hold a max weight of 200lbs.
A man that weighs 175lbs stands in the cargo area and is juggling 3 bowling balls. Each ball weighs 15lbs but he is only holding one at a time.

Is the cargo area overweight if he can juggle the balls for the entire flight?

 

[imacdog]

The pressure he must apply to keep all three bowling balls in the air directly translates to the floor, and the average pressure the floor will experience during the cycle of juggling three bowling balls equals the weight of the man plus the weight of the three balls.

 

[kingairyahoo]

or the short answer...yes

 

[JAFI]

1. A cargo area that only can take 200 pounds is too small for a 175 lb man and three bowling balls in the air or not.
2. If a man was in that small a cargo area without an approved seat and seatbelt there are a bunch of regs that are more important than over weight.
3. Last but not least - are the bowling balls on the manifest - if so it is overweight, if not he is in violation of falsifying his weight and balance.

The company I flew for hauled petstore pets to a holding area/building. We would fly boxes of birds/hamsters/rats/rabbits/ etc. and the joke was "if some of the birds were flying in the box could we put more boxes on the aircraft?" The word was passed - if the manifest said XX pounds, it was XX pounds regardles.

 

[ackattacker]

Only if he was running on a treadmill. The extra airspeed would add additional lift to offset the increased weight.

 

[stupidpilot]

A cargo area can hold a max weight of 200lbs.
A man that weighs 175lbs stands in the cargo area and is juggling 3 bowling balls. Each ball weighs 15lbs but he is only holding one at a time.

Is the cargo area overweight if he can juggle the balls for the entire flight?

No. Because the mass has to be accelerated along with the plane regardless of if the ball is actually touching the floor or not. Therefore the plane won't meet it's max gross or it's second segment climb gradient. Whichever applies.