Mooney M20R - Leveling; Weight and Balance; Weight Installation Figure

MOONEY
AIRCRAFT
CORPORATION
M20R
SERVICE
AND
MAINTENANCE
MANUAL
8-00-00
-LEVELING
10-02,
2.
Place
a
spirit
level
on
the
leveling
screws
above
the
tail-
4.
Add
unusable
fuel
to
each
tank,
(5ee
Pilot’s
Oper-
cone
access
door
when
leveling
the
aircraft
longitudi-
ating
Handbook
for
proper
quantity
of
unusable
fuel).
nally.
Level
the
aircraft
by
increasing
or
decreasing
air
I
pressure
in
the
nosewheel
tire.
Level
aircraft
laterally
by
5.
Fill
oil
to
capacity
(8
quarts).
placing
level
across
center
seat
tracks
forward
of
wing
spar.
Front
seats
must
be
in
the
full
forward
position
6.
Position
a
2000-pound
capacity
scale
under
each
when
weighing.
Use
leveling
screws
on
tailcone,
above
of the
three
wheels.
left
side
battery
access
door
(See
Figure
8-2.).
7.
Level
aircraft as
described
in
Section
8-00-00
and
8-00-01
WEIGHT
AND
BALANCE
center nose
wheel.
To
weigh
aircraft,
select a
level
and
draft
free
work
area,
8.
Weigh
the
aircraft.
then:
9.
Find
reference
point
by
dropping
a
plumb-bob
Check
for
installation
of
all
equipment
as
listed
in
from
center
of
nose
gear
trunnion
(retracting
pivot
axis)
the
Weight
and
Balance
Record,
SECTION
VI
of
to
floor.
Mark
point
of
intersection
on
floor.
Reference
POH/AFM.
Figure
8-2.
2.
Charlie
Weight
Installation.
The
aircraft,
as
deliv-
10.
Locate
longitudinal
centerline
of
nose
wheel
axle
ered
from
the
factory,
has
correct
ballast
added
(if
any)
and
main
wheel
axles
in
the
same
manner.
Mark
these
to
compensate
for
installed
equipment.
If
addition or
points
on
floor.
deletion
of
equipment,
at
a
future
time,
affect
the
weight
and
balance
of
the
aircraft
sufficiently
to
require
11.
Measure
horizontal
distance
from
the
reference
a
ballast
change,
the
proper
Charlie
Weight
Installation
pointto
main
wheel
axle center
line
(Lm/r).
shown
on
Figure
8-1 is
to
be
used.
12.
Measure
horizontal
distance
from
center
line
of
NOTE
nose
wheel
axle
to
center
line
of
main
wheel
axles
See
Section
VI
of
Pilot’s
Operating
Handbook
for
(Lmln).
Weight
and
Balance
reference
data.
3.
Ground
aircraft
and
drain
fuel
tanks
per
SECTION
12-
CPITER
of
GRAV[M
F.S.
-mm
toso
IOX1
looo
Illo
(130
(Kg)
’OK
a
UT
-505
lom
toao
CEF(TER
OF
GRAVIM
F.S.-lnches
g
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-553
MAUPLE:
Urpiene
Empty
1
weigha
251~
with
CG.
at
42.15
from
chart
thb
airplane
nquires
-505
Charlie
Wdpht
Inotollotion.
Far
Ilcsnce
eolculote ne*
wsi~hf
C.C.
5
Yoment
2+3~49
C:
9~’9’89
Ucsncad
Empty
Wdght
2363j
102781
Ucemed
Empty
Weight
C.G.
Locotlon
43.5
CHARLIE
WEIGHT
INSTALLATION
FIGURE
8-1
REV.
10-98
8-00-00
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