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Old 25th Mar 2005, 17:19
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Arrow2 makes some good points and as stated the W & B is critical as the T tail run's out of elevator authority quite quickly as the speed drops.

I find that almost all Piper aircraft land better if loaded towards the aft C of G limit as this helps with elevator authority at low speeds and a lot of the twins are out of the front C of G limit with full fuel and two people in the front seats.

Just to prove my point a few years back the editor of a well known magazine tested a PA34 with full fuel and two adults in the front and then said the aircraft landed better with two stages of flap as with full flap he ran out of elevator in the flare , hardly a surprize that you run out of elevator in an aircraft loaded forward of the forward C of G limit !!.
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