General : specialty skills
Aircraft Weight and Balance
Publisher:
ISBN-13:
9780891000969
Copyright Date:
1979
Other Identifiers:
JS312634
Pages:
104
Binding:
Paperback
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A primary reference and step by step procedures tool for understanding and performing weight & balance measurements on large and small aircraft and helicopters. It takes you step by step through the proper procedures to prepare, position, weigh, determine moment arms, and perform the simple math required to compute the precise CG location in various loading configurations, and fuel levels. It is highly illustrated, detailed enough to be meaningful, yet simple enough to be understood.
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Windows PC Only
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Theory of Weight & Balance
- maximum weight, empty weight, datum, minimum fuel
- Data Investigation
- FAA materials, manufacturer's materials
- Weighing the Aircraft
- equipment, preparation, positioning, measurements, nose wheel aircraft, tail wheel aircraft, helicopters
- Aircraft Loading
- most forward / rearward investigations, sample ladings, the graph method, load adjuster method, gear retraction moment, weight shifting formula, cargo loading, air taxi, ballast procedure
- Glossary
- Formulas
- Standard Weights
- Minimum Fuel Table
- Supplemental Equipment Lists
- Passenger & Cargo Manifest
- Weight & Balance Reports
- Final Examination
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