Mooney M20M - Page 43

MOONEY
AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
M20M
SERVICE
AND
MAINTENANCE
MANUAL
8-00-00
-LEVELING
3.
Ground
aircraft
and
drain
fuel
tanks
per
Section
Place
a
spirit
level
on
the
skin
splice
or
leveling
screws
12-10-02,2.
above the
tailcone
access
door
when
levding
the
4.
Add
unusable
fuel
to
each
tank,
(see
Pilot’s
Operating
aircraft
longitudinally.
Level
the
aircraft
by
increasing
or
Handbook
for
proper
quantity
of unusable
fuel).
decreasing
air
pressure
in
the
nose
wheel
tire.
Level
5.
Fill
oil
to
capacity
(10
quarts).
aircraft
laterally (wingtip
to
wingtip) by placing
level
across
center
seat
tracks
in
front
of
spar.
Front
seats
6´•
Position
a
2000-pound
capacity
scale under
each
of
must
be
in
the
full forward
position
when
weighing.
Use
the three
wheels.
leveling
screws on
tailcone above
left side
battery
7~
Level
aircraft
as
described
in
Section
8-00-00
and
access
door
(See
Figure
8-2.).
center
nose
wheel.
8-00-01
WEIGHT
AND
BALANCE
8.
Weigh
the
aircraft.
To
weigh
the
aircraft
select
a
level and
draft
free
work
9´•
Find
reference
point
by
dropping
a
plumb-bob
from
area,
then:
center
of
nose
gear
trunnion
(retracting
pivot
axis)
to
the floor.
Mark
the
point
of intersection.
1.
Check
for
installation
of all
equipment
as
listed
in
the
Weight
and Balance
Record.
10.
Locate
centerline
of
the
main
wheel
axles in
the
same manner.
2.
Charlie
Weight
Installation.
The aircraft
as
delivered
from
the
factory
has
the
correct
ballast added
(if
any)
11.
Measure
the
horizontal
distance
from
the reference
to
compensate
for
installed
equipment.
If
addition
or
point
to
main
wheel
axle
center
line.
Measure
deletion
of
equipment
at
a
future
time affect
the
weight
horizontal
distance
from
center
line
of
nose
wheel
axle
and
balance
of
the
aircraft
sufficiently
to
require
ballast
to
center
line of
main
wheel
axles.
the
proper
Charlie
Weight
Installation shown
(Figure
8-1)
is
to
be used.
NOTE
See
Pilot’s
Operating
Handbook
for
Weight
and
Balance
reference data.
CENTER of GRAVIN
F.S.
-mm
Ila
i
2500
(Kg)
dP~
8
2400
~105r
23WI
I I I all
I 1
505
r~C
I I I I
O;IN~EABOVE’
1
2200
r,
b
2100
i
sso
v~
8~Lnsr
WEIGHT
REOVIREO
r
n
-501
2000
~900
1
I~Jg I ‘3i~
137 1
I
I I i
~ENTER
OF
GRA;I;Y
i5.-inched:
8"
~j
B
EX1IMPLE:
Airpone
empty
~eighs
23441
with
CG.
ot
42.15... F;om
503
chart,
this
airplane
requires
-505 Charlie
Weight
Install.
For
license,
calculate
new
weight.
C.G. Moment.
Aircraft
as
weighed
2344
X
42.15
98810
-505
Charlie
Weight
19
X
209.5
3981
Licensed
Empry
Weight
2363#
102791
1:
Licensed
Empty
Weight
C.G.
Location
43.5~’
CHARLIE WEIGHT
INSTALLATION
FIGURE
8-1
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