Final

Question 0

Min fuel?

Answer 0

Meto/12 [gal]

Question 1

Is hydraulic fluid left in the plane for weighing?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

Weight that is installed in an aircraft for the purpose of bringing CG into the desired range is called what?

Answer 2

Ballast

Question 3

Is the weight of a permanent ballast included in the empty weight of the aircraft?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

What are the primary reasons for weight and balance?

Answer 4

Safety and performance

Question 5

What is to be done when the aircraft records are lost or destroyed?

Answer 5

The aircraft must be weighed and a new report must be created.

Question 6

What is a datum?

Answer 6

An imaginary plane from which all horizontal measurements are taken for balance purposes

Question 7

The distance between the CG of an object and the reference point is called what?

Answer 7

The arm.

Question 8

The turning tendency of an object is called what?

Answer 8

A moment

Question 9

Moments are usually expressed in what?

Answer 9

Inch lbs.

Question 10

When a weight is added at a negative arm,

What is the moment?

Answer 10

Negative

Question 11

When a weight is removed at a negative arm, the moment is what?

Answer 11

Positive

Question 12

When a weight is added at a positive arm, the moment is what?

Answer 12

Positive

Question 13

When a weight is removed at a positive arm, the moment is what?

Answer 13

Negative

Question 14

What is the point on an object about which the object would balance if suspended?

Answer 14

The center of gravity

Question 15

What is the maximum authorized weight of an aircraft and it’s contents while sitting on the ground?

Answer 15

Maximum ramp weight.

Question 16

What is the weight of an aircraft with all the items of operating equipment installed?

Answer 16

Empty weight

Question 17

Is residual fuel considered to be part of the empty weight of an aircraft?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

The product of the weight of an item times it’s distance from the datum is called what?

Answer 18

The moment

Question 19

Where may the maximum certificated weight of an aircraft be found?

Answer 19

In the TCDS.

Question 20

What is the standard weight of avgas?

Answer 20

6lbs

Question 21

What is the standard weight of jet fuel?

Answer 21

6.7 lbs per gallon

Question 22

Standard weight of lubricating oil?

Answer 22

7.5 lbs per gal

Question 23

What is the importance of the weight aspect? In terms of safety.

Answer 23

G loading

Question 24

What is the importance of the balance aspect? In terms of safety.

Answer 24

Stability

Question 25

What is the importance of weight in regards to performance?

Answer 25

The effects of gravity and their forces upon the aircraft

Question 26

In regards to performance, what is the importance of the balance aspect?

Answer 26

The distribution of gravity and other forces upon the aircraft

Question 27

Two types of stability?

Answer 27

Static and dynamic.

Question 28

What concept is weight and balance based on?

Answer 28

A first class lever

Question 29

What is the pivot point of a lever called?

Answer 29

A fulcrum

Question 30

What is always true about the moments of a structure that is balanced about a given point?

Answer 30

The sum of those moments is equal to zero

Question 31

Whose responsibility is it to ensure that the weight and balance info in the POH is correct?

Answer 31

The mechanics

Question 32

What two types of scales may be used to weigh an aircraft?

Answer 32

Load cell | Platform scale

Question 33

What position must an aircraft be in for the purpose of weighing?

Answer 33

Level flight attitude

Question 34

What two documents contain the information about the location of weights necessary to figure out weight and balance problems?

Answer 34

The TCDS and POH

Question 35

What must be done on aircraft certified before March 1st 1978?

Answer 35

Must correct for the oil, 2 gal @. 7.5lbs gal

Question 36

What is center of gravity?

Answer 36

The location on an aircraft given in inches from the datum on which all the weight of aircraft can be thought to be concentrated, the sum of all the moments about it can be thought to be zero, the three axes will intersect

Question 37

What are CG limits?

Answer 37

The locations which are the most forward and most rearward points that the CG is allowed to be located

Question 38

Buttock line?

Answer 38

A vertical plane, measurements are taken along the longitudinal axis

Question 39

Water line?

Answer 39

A horizontal plane, measurements taken along the vertical axis

Question 40

Empty weight CG?

Answer 40

The location of the CG on the aircraft when the aircraft is in the empty weight condition

Question 41

Useful fuel?

Answer 41

The expendable part of the fuel carried on the aircraft

Question 42

Maximum gross weight?

Answer 42

The most an airplane can weigh in any condition.

Question 43

Max landing weight?

Answer 43

The most an aircraft is allowed to weigh at touchdown

Question 44

Max ramp weight?

Answer 44

The most an aircraft can weigh while | Sitting on the ramp

Question 45

Max takeoff weight?

Answer 45

The most an aircraft is allowed to weigh at the beginning of the takeoff roll

Question 46

Empty weight?

Answer 46

Weight of the aircraft with all fixed ballast, unusable fuel, full operating fluids.

Question 47

MAc?

Answer 47

Mean aerodynamic chord, average chord length of a wing

Question 48

MAC definition?

Answer 48

The distance from the LEMAC to TEMAC.

Question 49

Equipment for weighing?

Answer 49

Scales Tape measure plumb bob Level Manuals for leveling