Rob,
Use graph paper instead of the back of the envelope.
My 320 has a 1205 empty weight. It was once flown with an estimated
GTOW of 1950 lbs (pilot, passenger, some baggage and full fuel of 43
gallons). While the plane would fly, until 60 lbs of fuel was burned
off the auto pilot was unable to maintain solid level flight at 7500
MSL. It was not outside of rear CG, calculated to be about
28.9.
Be very careful
Grayhawk
PS yes, I have a small tail 320.
In a message dated 8/7/2011 9:57:03 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
rwolf99@aol.com writes:
I'm running the numbers for a ferry tank to take my Lancair 360 from
California (probably Watsonville) to Hawaii. My back-of-the-envelope
calculations suggest that I can do this with a GTOW of 2000 or 2100 pounds and
have the range for 2100 nmi with a 30 kt headwind (no reserves).
Has anyone made this trip before in a 320 or a 360? I know a few
IVs have done it.
Needless to say, the shakedown flights will be the other way --
California to Boston, or something like that.
- Rob
Wolf