Familiarization Weight and Balance Course

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