Mike McGowan wrote: > One lister made a comment stating that with a large header tank only, > "setting up" for a refueling stop during a XC could be > hazardous/interesting/???, I > don't remember the exact word. Are we referring to change in C/L or > sloshing of fuel in the tank or what?
He was talking about the change in CG. I would think most folks would have baffles in their tanks, at least the plans call for them, I believe. I remember reading a letter from an old KRNewsletter where I guy talked about his first long cross country with a passenger and baggage. Takeoff was uneventful, but when they got where they were going the plane was almost uncontrollable during landing. It took three or four go arounds, and they were almost out of fuel when he finally put it down. It shook him up enough to write to the Newsletter to warn others. I'm not sure how they got back home, but I'll bet it involved shifting some baggage and an extra fuel stop! Who knows what his CG looked like under more normal conditions, but if nothing else, it points out how important CG is. The more forward the better when landing, in my book... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
