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Old 17th September 2012 | 11:39
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John R81
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Will you be treating "overloading" only as MAUW exceedance, or do you count loading below that but outside CoG?

I regularly fly EC120 close to MAUW and it can be intereting in gusty conditions. Down-wind taxi (in particular) can lead to running out of lever and (at worst) having to settle for a moment. Left-spot-turns can also be challenging at close to MAUW - which is why I tend to make them to the right when close to max power.

This EC120 http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...0B,_EI-IZO.pdf is below MAUW but loaded 5mm fwd of CoG limit. Uncommanded nose-down attitude possibly caused by wind gust did not prove to be controllable.

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