Originally posted by Spaceclam
Planes are balanced with the fuel tank heavy for several reasons, but only one i can remember offhand. When you take off, you have the power to compensate, whreas with a dead stick, you don't
Hi this makes a lot of sense I would rather like to get my plane back in one piece but on the other side the plane is going to be tail heavy at the end and for me as a trainee would most probably mean a crash!!
