Weight and Balance- Student Pilot

[robert7467]

I am trying to figure out weight and balance my M20C. I looked in my POH and cant find any ARM Data.

 

I need to figure out the arm for:

 

Fuel

Oil

Front Seat Passengers

Rear Seat Passengers

Baggage Comp

Hat Comp

 

I have the aircraft W&B info after we added the 3 bladed prop...

 

Do you know where I can get this information?

 

Thanks,

[JaredDavis]

Hi Robert,

 

My '65 C has a separate 8.5 x 11 notebook with the arms. I think this info is available on the mooney.com website under the AFM section.  What year do you own?

 

Regards,

 

Jared

[robert7467]

1966 I downloaded the W&B info from mooney website... The W&B portion is 15 pages, which is information overload....

[Hank]

Robert--

 

I did a google search a couple of years back and found a spreadsheet that someone had created; I modified it for my 1970 C, but cannot attach it here. Send me an email if you want it.

 

Right now I can't find the source, but I used the following arms:

 

Front seat, forward  36½"

Front seat, middle    40¼"

Front seat, rear        44"

Back seat                 70.7"

Baggage area          93"

 

Fuel & oil should be on the Weight & Balance record in the plane, just adjust for actual use. Full fuel is 52 gal = 312 lbs.

[robert7467]

my W&B only shows empty weight of the plane..

[robert7467]

Here is what I am working with....

[robert7467]

http://mooneyspace.com/gallery/image/33900-wb/

[JaredDavis]

It does look confusing for 1966 since multiple pages with different text are marked as valid for that year.

 

1966 = sheets 18-23  of http://www.mooney.com/images/pdfs/mark20c_afm.pdf

And for some reason, 1966 is listed also on sheets 24-31.

 

I don't know which one should be used.

 

Send an email to Mooney?

[Hank]

Jared, thanks! That's great, and the arms match what I have. Hatrack = 110" too.

 

Robert, PM your email and I'll send you the spreadsheet I found. The empty weight and CG for your plane are required entries, then you just add fuel, passenger and baggage weights. It will take into account which of the three holes you put your seat into, but you must specify. I use the middle one, most right seaters use all the way back to stay clear of the rudders.

[robert7467]

Thanks alot Hank.....