Hi all,
just for reference, have some 5K+ hrs onthe R-44 and 700+ on the R-22 (about 10K total...)
It will depend on where you fly. Some countries will allow you to fly with jerry-cans, other not.
Where I am a lot of students ( and myself too) used the needed extra balance to extend the range.
If on a solo, a good (speak fume-tight) 5-gal jerry can would extend the range quite a bit. On the return a water fill did the trick.
2 2.5 gal also do it.
The trick is not to put the liquid container (whatever you carry)
under the seat, but in the food well in
front of the left seat.
Do your w+b and you see, there is no chance to run out of cg with 5 gal of water there (assuming you really need the extra weight...).
(There is no issue with w+b in either Robinson as long as you stay within max seat weight limits. I frequently get asked about max-seat weight, rest fuel - situation. Supposedly the cg goes out of limits when the fuel gets used up.
The mistake comes when people do not re-calculate the new total weight after flying of the fuel weight.
Turn it as you want, no out of CG for either R, if you stick to the max seat weights and total weights...)
I am about 165 lb and still use the jerry can in the food well, because you immediately get a perfectly level helo to play with.
If I am solo in a R-44 I do the same, just to get more level into the game.
If you cannot use fuel: There are collapsable 5 gal-watercontainers.
Pick-up your pax, take a sip and poor out the rest, collapse, store, done.
Again, if you are in Europe, stay away from the fuel in the can.
You are in a airport starved country, most likely you get away with some fuel in there, just don't ask to have it filled at the fuel truck....
(..and DON'T use the collapsable thing for anything but water!)
A short strong strap will secure the can to the seatbelt. Generally it will not move at all anyway...
3top
"wild thing"
