Payload station locations

[davidvoogd]

No your explaination does make sense, sorry if I appear to be very picky but I just want to fully understand how this works so I can setup my payload
configurations properly. It appears that I have been setting them up properly so far. I do understand how the PMDG 747 differs for C of G locations as
it has the reference point at the nose rather than around the center of the aircraft. Since I mostly fly General Aviation aircraft and they generally use the standard FS2004 conventions for weight and balance this isn't really an issue for the payload setups I am making.

So just to make sure I totally understand this now with this example...

I have an aircraft.cfg file for an aircraft with

Empty Weight Center of Gravity = 1 (feet)
Station1 (2 Passenger Seats) = -2 (feet)

I would set up Station 1 in the FS Passengers Payload Editor as
Passenger seats (2) = -1 feet (2 back from the empty weight C of G)

So when I am in Flight Simulator and load passengers into my plane with FS Passengers it will place them at a station 2 feet back from the Empty center of gravity, and then recalculate the C of G from there to reflect the load. Is this correct?

If this is correct perhaps it would really clear things up if you changed the description for that station locations in the Payload Editor to
"Distance from Empty Center of Gravity".

Thank you for your patience Dan, I really appreciate your help in this!



Post Edited ( 09-06-05 15:42 )