May I Have The Envelope, Please

From: Plane and Pilot | Date: May 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

There's little room for error

Just as some novice passengers believe that an airplane will fall out of the sky the moment the pilot takes his or her hands off the controls, some pilots may believe that the weight-and-balance (W&B) envelope is absolute. Step outside of the envelope in even the most marginal way, and the airplane won't lift off. Perhaps that's a reflection of the emphasis put on W&B issues in pilot training and FAA written exams. The truth is that if you slightly exceed W&B limitations, you don't automatically fall off an aerodynamic cliff. You do, however, violate ...

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