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[color=red][i][b]If you've got it - use it.[/b][/i][/color] Philosophically, as a performance engineer, I couldn’t agree more. However, we need ...

Your post doesn't explicitly state just what your concern is so I can only speak generally. This slope thing for light aircraft has been around for...

Boy, but my head is still reeling from the equation ..... Side comment - it doesn't matter all that much, I guess, but you have more brackets, ther...

Perhaps you might post your solution to the forum for comment ?

Ah, that's the Jepp CR style. A good example of the naming problem - E-6B was a US Army Air Corps designation for the Dalton. For some obscure, p...

I'm in the process of answering another, but similar, question so I can post that reply here as well when I finish doing some graphics workup. Just...

If I may add a comment or two to Bob's, above. You might need to cut Bob's text a little slack. Were he to put in all the caveats and such like, t...

Answer is 145.9 so you are pretty close to the mark. Probably useful if I run up a couple of graphics for the benefit of those interested in the pr...

I think that we might need a little bit more information to help to any great extent as it's not entirely clear to me just what you are endeavouring t...

Standard conundrum and a regular question. If you have a small island suitable for an emergency landing, say, then you can either look 25nm ahead ...

Good question and one which arises periodically. First, the quick answer. For trim sheets, (a) the loading lines for constant arm positio...

This sort of thread gives me great concern as an engineer and, in this case, a very experienced practising weights engineer - my WCA (AV1), as a sidel...

Think of ground effect as the inability of the wing/aircraft airflow downwash to descend any further than the ground surface (stands to reason - the g...

Commonsense risk management approach - Now, consider if your fuel tank is contaminated with a significant quantity of water. You drain a sa...

[b]Empty weight and oil[/b] This is an historical artefact. First, the definition of empty weight is in CAO 100.7 at The present definition ...