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Old 15th February 2013 | 07:00
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A and C
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DR400 comfort

I have only done a few short trips in the back of the DR400 and I found it OK if a little cramped, however the front seats are amazingly comfortable and on a number of occasions I have used the 240 ltr fuel tanks to stay in the air for over five hours.

Of course when carrying all that fuel the aircraft effectively becomes a two seatter with a lot of baggage space.

The unfortunate thing about the Eco Flyer is that the aircraft has aft C of G issues and this is not helped by the lack of wing tanks, I have yet to do the numbers but I would guess that filling the rear tank drives the C of G too far aft to put anyone in the rear seats. If anyone has the numbers on a individual aircraft and can disprove my guess I will be happy to be corrected.

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