Flashcards on Aircraft Weight and Balance Fundamentals
Aircraft Weight and Balance Fundamentals: A Student Guide
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Aircraft Weight and Balance
6 cards
Card 1
Question: What is meant by a permanent ballast for an aircraft?
Answer: Weight that is permanently installed in an aircraft to bring the empty weight center of gravity into allowable limits.
Card 2
Question: Where can you find the leveling means specified for a particular aircraft?
Answer: In the Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) for the aircraft.
Card 3
Question: What is meant by positive (plus) and negative (minus) moment?
Answer: A moment is plus if the signs of weight and arm are alike and minus if unlike; removing a weight is a minus weight and adding a weight is a plus weigh
Card 4
Question: What is an aircraft loading graph?
Answer: A method for determining load distribution to keep the weight and operating center of gravity within the approved range.
Card 5
Question: What does the term Mean Aerodynamic Chord (MAC) refer to?
Answer: The MAC is the average chord — the distance from the leading edge to the trailing edge of an airfoil.
Card 6
Question: Before a helicopter is weighed, it must be leveled in what directions?
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