semiole fuel starvation in ATL

[Tram]

Every flight leaves with 108? With just an instructor and student at average pax weight that's a little forward on the CG is it not?

Yup.. You land and get out, you top it off.. 108..

If you cg it with 370lbs worth of pilots, no rear pax and 30lbs of baggage, I think the cg works out to be ~87.6 @ ~3570lbs and it's right in the acceptable envelope..

 

[bender]

Sometimes if you have a large student/examiner along you might be right on the forward edge of the envelope. That's when a case of oil in the baggage compartment might help out.

For a joy flight from FL to Atlanta there's no excuse for fuel starvation.

 

[Tram]

There's a case of oil in the back of all the ATP 'Nole's.

 

[KigAir]

The Seneca I did my multi training in had 90 lbs of lead in the back to help the cg.