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Old 23rd Dec 2008, 16:15
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AMEandPPL
 
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Red face probably not . . . . . . !

do airliners have left and right weight limits as well as fore and aft?
As far as I know the answer is an emphatic "no" ! The distances involved, and the proportions between them just would not allow a significant shift to occur.

Take worst case, ALL passengers on a commercial plane move to one side of the aisle. . . . distance might be ten feet. But lift is still being generated by one hundred feet of wing on each side.

If any professionals know better, I do, of course, stand to be corrected !
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