weight and balance

by **David Callon** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:15 am

Does anyone have a computer program or something to do a weight and balance for a pa 30

by **Don Nelson** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:24 pm

Hi David,
I'll email you the one I use for my PA-24.
It's an Excel program, and don't know why you couldn't revise the data & numbers to fit your twin.

Best, Don

by **David Callon** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:41 pm

I don’t know if it will work or maybe I should say be user friendly I have 6 fuel tanks

by **Don Nelson** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:06 pm

I hear your concern.
I have Main and Aux tanks with different Arm and Moment for both, so two rows on the spreadsheet for fuel on board input.
You should be able to insert a third row, if all three tank positions require it.
If you have 5th and 6th seats you may have to add rows and info for those too.

Seems like a pretty neat program to me, at least seen none better. I've emailed it and think you'll see it modifiable for your use.

Good luck,
Don

by **N3322G** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:29 pm

David,

I have a lot of empathy for you.

We have 8 operational tanks on the 39 and two more that are inop and 1 that has been removed.

Husband customizes whatever flight planning software we use for the arms of each set of tanks and each set of seats and the empty weight and the CG - then it becomes easy to use for each flight.

Hope this approach helps you. As pitch sensitive as the Twins are - W&B is a big deal.