Dyson's new car
02-14-2009, 07:41 PM
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The weight and balance calculations are done before every flight by the "load" house in our headquarters in Dallas. As the baggage is checked in by passengers it gets weighted and put into cargo bins. The load house knows the specifics of the cargo we are carrying. It all gets put into a computer and a load plan is produced that lets the baggage loaders know where each bin and piece of cargo needs to go in Th belly. When I first saw the car they were loading it in the aft baggage door, but had to take it out and put it into the forward section, so there was probably some change from the original plan. The 777 has a fairly wide CG envelope so loading can be flexible. In the old days on a 727 I remember a few times getting a message from loads just prior to push back that we had to move some passengers around inside the plane to have the correct takeoff CG. Some people got free upgrades to first class out of that.
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02-14-2009, 10:42 PM
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The weight and balance calculations are done before every flight by the "load" house in our headquarters in Dallas. As the baggage is checked in by passengers it gets weighted and put into cargo bins. The load house knows the specifics of the cargo we are carrying. It all gets put into a computer and a load plan is produced that lets the baggage loaders know where each bin and piece of cargp needs to go in th belly. When I first saw the car they were loading it in the aft baggage door, but had to take it out and put it into the forward section, so there was probaly some change from the original plan. The 777 has a fairly wide CG envelope so loading can be flexible. In the old days on a 727 I remember a few times getting a message from loads just prior to pushback that we had to move some passengers around inside the plane to have the correct takeoff CG. Some people got free upgrades to first class out of that.
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02-17-2009, 02:51 PM
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If I remember correctly, the ALMS rules state that even the LMP1 and LMP2 cars have to be somewhat "street" cars in that they have to have 2 front seats. Take a look at the Sypder RS or the R10... the drivers are also offset, because they have a passenger seat. Might not be all that big, but it's there.
