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cj4pilot · July 16th, 2008, 18:09

This seems really crazy. I weigh 258 lbs., and was flying with the CG in the Seminole right at the forward limit if anyone that was with me weighed over 200 lbs. For every one of my checkrides, I had to limit the fuel to 80 gallons total. At CFI school they had old computer monitors for ballast. At my location we used cases of oil. On one of my commercial SE training flights we took off after the plane had been flown for an hour. Oh God!, 7 gallons missing from the tanks. I didn't go though the private program, so maybe they have more rules. Good point about the 172M, those things have alot more useful load, but maybe his location didn't have them, or had very few.

July 16th, 2008, 18:09	#12
cj4pilot Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mesa Posts: 53	Re: Have to leave ATP only a week in... This seems really crazy. I weigh 258 lbs., and was flying with the CG in the Seminole right at the forward limit if anyone that was with me weighed over 200 lbs. For every one of my checkrides, I had to limit the fuel to 80 gallons total. At CFI school they had old computer monitors for ballast. At my location we used cases of oil. On one of my commercial SE training flights we took off after the plane had been flown for an hour. Oh God!, 7 gallons missing from the tanks. I didn't go though the private program, so maybe they have more rules. Good point about the 172M, those things have alot more useful load, but maybe his location didn't have them, or had very few.