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Who in their right mind would put ballast (dead weight) on an aircraft just to compensate for a cg change?
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If flying an R22 solo and you weigh less than 170#, you are required to add ballast to remain within CG limits.
On all B-206 helicopters the cargo hook is located directly under the mast CG location. With any external load the a/c will always be within CG limiits (assuming the a/c was within limits with pilot, fuel, etc. before hooking up.) External loads do not affect CG on the 206 series.