Center of Gravity Payload Torque 
Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
Full-fuel payload is a whopping 1,150 pounds, and max landing weight is 7,600. Over the years we’ve flown a lot of aircraft with “aft-tending” centers of gravity—if you filled the seats, you were outside the aft CG limit, and the rear seats in six-place airplanes were unusable. gph fuel burn.
Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
If we understand it well enough, we can harness this phenomenon to help us even defy gravity. Developments in aircraft design and engine technology have allowed us to fly farther, faster, and carry more payload. Helicopters use a small rotor mounted on the tail that produces sideways thrust to counter the main rotors torque reaction.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Another advantage of the counter-rotating props is the elimination of torque roll. This is the tendency to dig in the left tip float during takeoff while countering engine torque. Nudging it back to center slid the ball a diameter the other way—trying to corral it in the middle was a bit pointless as it didn’t want to live there.
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