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how much water ballast to use

  1. Water Ballast

    Optimize Water Ballast in 5 Questions

    February 21, 2019

    The topic is how much water ballast are we going to use? This is not an all or nothing type of tool. Some pilots will takeoff full everyday and dump down in timed increments (20 seconds for example). However if you have a stock water system the tail ballast will dump at a faster ratio, meaning it will drain the tail before the wings are empty, moving the CG forward as you dump. So you might still be

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