212man, dont recall the A CG but with the C one pilot, no boot load or pax could load fuel to 1760. Line was two pilots and max fuel generally seen was 1400. Pax were loaded front seat to rear and in practice never seemed to be a problem if stick position is taken as a guide. Our pax always had PLENTY of baggage. Then again a lot of things we did were definately suss.
P2bleed, there have been some deaths as a result of people walking in the front of the 76 rotor disc but personally I put these down to pilot error for not paying attention to where the disc is at. One driver ought to be paying attention to whats going on outside while on the deck at all times. If you keep the disc up even Micheal Jordan wouldnt have a problem (providing he's not leaping for the imaginary basket).
Round gauges - we had the Kratos fit and the only thing I didnt like was the bar representation for the N2/Nr. Always thought it would be difficult to interpret in the heat of the moment when thinks go really pear shaped as the N2 icons were so small as to be almost invisable. The good old round triple tach made it instantly obvious what was married, split, high, low.
Last edited by Brian Abraham; 7th Oct 2006 at 13:38.