SAFETY BRIEFING Squadron Meeting 20 July 2004

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SAFETY BRIEFINGSquadron Meeting20 July 2004
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WEIGHT BALANCE

• Why important?
• Direct effects
• Indirect effects
• Easy to understand
• Think teeter-totter!

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• Key understandings
• Every airplane has a empty weight / arm / moment
• Plane (empty) People/things (added to empty
  plane) Final Weight / Balance
• Key formula
• Weight (lbs.) x Arm (in.) Moment (lb-inches)
• Calculate for every flight

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• Steps to solve
• Look up moments on loading graph fill in
• Total weights
• Total moments
• Plot weight/moment
• Go/No-Go Decision

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WEIGHT BALANCE

• Weight/Balance passes OK to fly!
• Questions / Comments?
• Email martysacks_at_comcast.net
• Cell 443-739-5597