John Heddles
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Auxiliary fuel burn and CofG

Setting the question for the sloping section of the limit line is the logical thing. However, to exclude the other considerations, the question real...

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CPL Performance Finding The Maximum Fuel

In Australian practice, per CAO 100.7, unusable fuel is part of the empty weight and plays no further part in pilot calculations. As an aside, in so...

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Auxiliary fuel burn and CofG

As is stands, the question doesn't have a correct answer unless the question adds a few caveats. I have no idea whence you came across the question ...

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Effect of angle of attack on Longitudinal Stability

A bit difficult without being able to see the original question. However, the idea of long stab is that, for long stab to be positive (ie acceptabl...

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CPL Performance Final Test - Question 39

For the benefit of those who might not have the book to hand, you might post the question detail ....

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Loading system alpha/bravo

Pete - fair question. The answer is to do with the fact that, in reality, there is no significant difference, other than style, between the sys...

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Ex 5.13 question 3

[color=blue][i][b]why in this particular question... we have kept the present c of g as a decimal? In my calculations.. I ended up with 2674.5098......

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Fuel as Ballast

You have the basics of the story. I don't know CASA's current views but, going back to the 80s/90s the airworthiness engineers were dead against ...

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Loading system alpha/bravo

While that's true enough at a superficial level, a common principle still prevails - all these different loading system styles (and the CASA exam coho...

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Loading system alpha/bravo

Pete, that's a very common concern. Let me endeavour to answer your questions without going too deep into the mathematics. (a) the datum in the ha...

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Loading system alpha/bravo

Some thoughts - Any given loading system is designed by the WCO to suit the aircraft data. The system can be set up based on metric or imperial u...

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Beettle Diagrams

Can you post the question as it was written so that we have a more useful starting point for discussion ?

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TODA

[color=blue][i][b]You did not agree[/b][/i][/color] I would hope I didn't give that impression. About the only situation is with a SWY one would...

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TODA

I'm not really sure why you are so fixated on SWY in relation to TODA. The former is critical for ASDA considerations but has not much to do with T...

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TODA

[color=blue][i][b]Given that the clearway starts at the end of the TORA, the above would suggest that the STWY cannot be included.[/b][/i][/color] ...

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