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5.1
WEIGHT AND BALANCE:
DETAILED CALCULATIONS OF EMPTY WEIGHT AND EMPTY WEIGHT CENTER OF
GRAVITY AS DELIVERED FROM FACTORY:
PROCEDURE:
1.
Place each of the wheels on a scale with the tailwheel elevated to place the
approximately the flight attitude.
2.
Place a level on the leveling mark and leveling lug on the bottom of the right wing near
the root. Adjust the height of the tailwheel until the aircraft is level.
3.
Measure the following distances:
a. Wheel base (L
)
axle) to the main wheel weight point (center of axle).
L
b.
Main Wheel Station (
(center of axle) to the datum line.
D
4.
Measure the weights at the following points:
a. Right
Main Wheel..................= ____________ Lbs.
b. Left
Main Wheel....….............= ____________ Lbs.
c. Tailwheel,
with tare
= net Tailwheel wt.
Total Weight as Weighted
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MAULE AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL
MAULE MX-7-180A
WEIGHT AND BALANCE:
(Cont'd)
DETAILED CALCULATIONS OF EMPTY WEIGHT AND EMPTY WEIGHT CENTER OF
GRAVITY AS DELIVERED FROM FACTORY:
Place each of the wheels on a scale with the tailwheel elevated to place the
approximately the flight attitude.
Place a level on the leveling mark and leveling lug on the bottom of the right wing near
the root. Adjust the height of the tailwheel until the aircraft is level.
Measure the following distances:
)
- the horizontal
distance from the tailwheel weight point (center of
axle) to the main wheel weight point (center of axle).
L
= __________________ Inches
Main Wheel Station (
D) -
the horizontal distance from the main wheel weight point
(center of axle) to the datum line.
D
= __________________ Inches
Measure the weights at the following points:
Main Wheel..................= ____________ Lbs.
Main Wheel....….............= ____________ Lbs.
with tare
=____________Lbs., minus tare of ______________ Lbs.
= net Tailwheel wt.
(T) of _________________ Lbs.
Total Weight as Weighted
(W) = __________________
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SECTION V
WEIGHT AND
BALANCE
DETAILED CALCULATIONS OF EMPTY WEIGHT AND EMPTY WEIGHT CENTER OF
Place each of the wheels on a scale with the tailwheel elevated to place the
airplane in
Place a level on the leveling mark and leveling lug on the bottom of the right wing near
distance from the tailwheel weight point (center of
the horizontal distance from the main wheel weight point
=____________Lbs., minus tare of ______________ Lbs.
(W) = __________________
Lbs.