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Old 8th Nov 2009, 09:14
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puntosaurus
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Being 234lbs I'm always flirting with the forward CofG limits on the AOC flights I do. Talked to the factory about adding weight to the tail (as Robinson do have a kit for this), but they did not approve it.

The answer of course is to add more fuel, but then the problem changes to an MTOM one.

I guess I shouldn't be eating liquorice allsorts as I write.....
Unfortunately there's a gotcha in there too. The sloping nose of the R44 w/b envelope means that as you add fuel, the max fwd c/g comes back at the same rate as you add the fuel. So if you've already put the heaviest pax in the back and you're out of c/g limits, there's nothing you can do with fuel to get back in.