C of G Question
To work out the aircraft's C of G, I need to know the arm of a
passenger seat with/without anyone sat in it.
I do the following. I remove the seat from the aircraft, and balance
it on a narrow piece of wood until it balances, ie it does not tip
forward or back. That is the C of G of the empty seat. I do the same
with someone sat in it. That is the C of G of an occupied seat.
I put the seat back in the aircraft, measure those positions from a
known aircraft station point and I have the arms for the seat empty
and occupied.
Is the above correct or a load of b******ks? The reason I ask is that
the figures I get are somewhat different to the company's figures.