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Baggage and CG
The amount of baggage you can carry in the solid baggage compartment or in the baggage pouch
behind the seats is limited by the centre of gravity of the empty aircraft (pilots’ and fuel weight do
not influence c.g.) and the MTOM.
To calculate how much the c.g. shifts because of added baggage into the solid baggage compart-
ment or the baggage pouch behind the seats use the following formula:
where:
Gtotal
is the aircraft empty weight,
CGmm
is the position of CG of empty aircraft in millimeters (mm),
Gbags
is the weight of the baggage,
Lbags
is the lever arm from the datum to baggage area (1160 mm).
Again, express the new c.g. in percentage of MAC:
where:
CGwith.bags
is the position of CG now with bags in millimeters (mm),
R
is the difference between wing’s leading edge and MAC’s leading edge (69 mm),
MAC
is the Mean Aerodynamic Chord (869 mm).
We now have the data of c.g. of the sample aircraft with 22 lbs (10 kgs) of baggage. You can recalcu-
late the formulas using the weights and c.g. of your empty aircraft and the planned amount of bag-
gage for your flight.
CAUTION:
The baggage weight limitations in this manual represent fool-proof limits for safe
operation, even without special c.g. calculation. However, the actual baggage weight limitation
is different of each individual aircraft and can be determined using the above formulas. The deci-
sion of how much baggage to carry on a flight is at pure responsibility of the pilot in command!
WARNING!
Always make sure that the baggage is placed fixed inside the baggage area.
Movements of baggage in-flight will cause shifts of centre of gravity!
WARNING!
Do not, under any circumstances attempt to fly the aircraft outside the allow-
able c.g. limits! Allowable c.g. range is between 9.5’' and 16.0'', measured from the wing's leading
edge backwards which corresponds to 20% - 39% MAC)
WARNING!
Maximum takeoff weight (MTOM) MUST NOT, under any circumstances, exceed
1210 lbs (550 kg).
Weight and balance
6-5
(
) (
) (
) + (
)
G
x CG
+ G
x L
292kg x 287mm
10kg x 1160mm
total
mm
bags
mm
=316
mm
292 + 10
kg
kg
CG
=
with bags
=
G
+ G
total
bags
CG
=
(+bags)%MAC
CG
- R 316mm - 69mm
with bags
x 100 = 28.4%
x 100 =
MAC
869mm
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