nddons
Touchdown! Greaser!
The flight school that I used in NC for my PPL had a program embedded in their scheduling software that you could use to calculate the W&B for many of the specific aircraft in their inventory. It would chart out the envelope, and you could easily see how adjusting your load would graphically change the center of gravity to remain in the envelope.
I know this is a basic skill, but to be honest it is tedious enough that I skip it unless I think I may be close. My current club doesn't have this capability, but is anyone aware of a simple program that can pull this off and chart the W&B envelope? I fly a couple of rental 172SP's, and it would be handy to have, especially when a friend says "can I bring my son too?"
I know this is a basic skill, but to be honest it is tedious enough that I skip it unless I think I may be close. My current club doesn't have this capability, but is anyone aware of a simple program that can pull this off and chart the W&B envelope? I fly a couple of rental 172SP's, and it would be handy to have, especially when a friend says "can I bring my son too?"