Familiarization Weight and Balance Course

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Duration in Hours: 15 Hours - 5 Days

Objectives

  • Understand the basic principles of flight related to aircraft weight and balance.
  • Become familiar with terms used in the field.
  • Understand and identify the various weights used in the compilation of a load sheet.
  • Constrict indexes and understand their use.
  • Become familiar with the design of trim charts

Contents

  • Basic theory of flight
  • Aircraft weights
    • Basic aircraft weight
    • Aircraft operating weight
    • Aircraft structural and limiting weights
  • Theory of balance
  • Balance theory applied to aircraft
  • Load sheet compilation
  • Drop line trim chart and its function

 

Prerequisites

  • Logistics Undergraduates Students
  • Aeronautical Undergraduate Engineers
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