The Connie that tipped

Thanks, interesting images & read.
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My bad. Thought this was a thread about Rob exiting a Cabo bar. You know, a bit tipped from the spirits....
 
Never knew about that! A compelling case for the importance of weight and balance! Hard to imagine how the pilots kept the aircraft from crashing on landing with that much load out of rear limits!

Ken
 
Why were Connies not equipped with tail support posts like DC 4's & 6's? Maybe they were but the crew were too lazy to fix them?
Keith
 
Dev One said:
Why were Connies not equipped with tail support posts like DC 4's & 6's? Maybe they were but the crew were too lazy to fix them?
Keith
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Even if they do have such devices, their true reason for being is to prevent wind from tipping the planes while parked. Honestly, weight and balance is the requirement of the flight crew. Any aircraft can be improperly loaded so that it is dangerously out of limits. That's what I was alluding to early in my comments. The issue with this case is not that the airplane tipped over on the ramp, but thankfully that the pilots did not encounter a situation that resulted in a stall, because with weight out of limits to the rear, it would have made stall recovery very difficult, if not impossible.

I should add, there is an avenue where the flight crew would not be at fault, and that would be if the load manifest was fabricated, meaning those who prepared the load for shipment lied about the weight of the shipment. For the reasons stated about critical danger in flight, lying on a weight manifest is a very serious crime.

Ken
 
OOPS!

There are some aircraft in FS9 and FSX that are sensitive to loading in the same fashion. Put a little too much weight in the aft sections and all looks good, until you try to move the aircraft, especially if you have to back away from the terminal. :icon_eek:
 
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