Weight and Balance
Pilot's Flight Manual
6-8
Reissued: 16 Jan 2019
6-3. LOAD LIMITS AND BAL ANCE CRI TE RIA
The Schweizer S-300C Model 269C he li cop ter was de signed to
the load ing lim i ta tions noted in para graph 6-2.
Note
: Do not ex ceed these lim i ta tions at any time dur -
ing flight.
The de liv ered weight (the term “de liv ered weight” in cludes oil and
trapped fuel), re corded in the Weight and Bal ance Re cord in serted
in this sec tion, shall be used to per form all weight and bal ance com -
pu ta tions (see Fig ures 6-4 and 6-5).
For the Re mov able Skid Mounted Bal last - When weight and bal -
ance cal cu la tions show that load ing con di tions cause an out of lim its
lat eral C.G. con di tion, it can be cor rected by in stall ing the
269A2122-53/ -133 skid mount bal last kit. This bal last can be in -
stalled on ei ther the right or left hand skid tubes. The kit con tains a
ba sic weighted mount of ap prox i mately 27 pounds and one bolt-on
weight of ap prox i mately 25 pounds. This bal last is con sid ered dis -
pos able weight and is NOT in cluded in the air craft empty weight. If
this kit is used, it is in stalled in ac cor dance with in struc tions found
in Sec tion 7 of this man ual and must be in cluded in the pi lots weight
and bal ance cal cu la tions prior to flight. For weight and bal ance cal -
cu la tions, use the ac tual weight num bers sten ciled on the in di vid ual
weights in con junc tion with Fig ures 6-5A and 6-5B.
Bal last C.G. lo ca tion
Lon gi tu di nal sta tion 94.1
Right lat eral sta tion +32.7
Left lat eral sta tion -32.7
6-4. EQUIP MENT RE MOVAL OR IN STAL LA TION
Re moval or ad di tion of equip ment must be en tered in the he li cop ter
log book and shall be come part of the he li cop ter file.
The weight and bal ance ef fects of these changes must also be re -
corded in the Weight and Bal ance Re cord in serted in this sec tion.
Use the sta tion di a gram shown in Fig ure 6-2 and the Bal ance Di a -
gram shown in Fig ure 6-3 as an aid for weight and bal ance changes.
This Document contains technical data subject to EAR. See WARNING and classifications on first page.
SCHWEIZER
Model 269C Helicopter
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