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Old 05-13-2012, 01:54 PM   #8
Marin
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Yes, 23 gallons per hour in cruise and a string of expensive ADs that have to be complied with on a regular basis that just keep on comin.' But a wonderful plane to fly, particularly in the back country. On our trips north we load it until the rear of the floats are just awash. It's overloaded in this condition and the CG is a wee bit out of the envelope aft (we move it back forward once we get airborne with fuel management) but you'd never know it by the way it performs and flies.

Interestingly the designer of the DHC-2 knew it would be flown in overloaded, aft CG conditions, which is why the horizontal stabilizer is big and is mounted way aft. Even overloaded and out of CG, it and the elevator have the leverage to keep the plane stable.
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