Weight & Balance and Fuel Capacity?

  I just did the 1320 STC a couple of months ago... All paperwork... My instructor and I are probably 430 with bags and headsets... He and I have flown for dozens of hours with full tanks and hot dry Calif weather. I have never had any issues with weight of load... My weight is 824 before us humans and gasoline step in... I have fabric wings and zero rudder pedals... I too have heavy AI and all steam instruments... One thing, you will notice when the passenger gets out of the airplane, it starts to fly like it wants to have more fun...

The plane may have weight 750 when it was born, but that was bare naked. No electrics, battery, interior, paint, rudder pedals, etc. They have all grown up since then. Somewhere around 900 is more typical for our geriatric planes.

Roger that and agreed, never want to go over gross, goal is to keep it safe and get home in one piece to show it off to my wife.

Roger that and thank you Larry. I found that site and will ask my mechanic about it. Extra 60lbs can help as long as it is not detrimental to performance. I've got a 374nmi trip to get it home. With an estimated 5gph am thinking of breaking it into 3rds at about 124nmi each leg, topping off at the stops. I'm 195 my CFI is 175 and 10 or so lbs of baggage so it will be about as tight as my 150 was.