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WorksheetsASA weight and balance
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 18mins
When computing weight and balance, an airplane is considered to be in balance when?
The average of moment arm of the loaded airplane falls within its CG range
All moment arms of the plane fall into CG range
The movement of passengers will not cause the moment arms to change CG
What tasks are completed prior to weighing an aircraft to determine empty weight?
Remove all items except those on equipment list;drain fuel and hydrolic fluid
Remive all items on equipment list; drain fuel, compute oil and hydrolic fluid
Remove all items except items on equipment list; drain fuel fill hydrolic fluid
What is residual fuel?
A known amount of fuel left in tanks,lines, and engine
The fuel remaining in the tanks,lines and engine after draining
The fuel remaining in tank,lines and engine before draining
The useful load of an aircraft consists of the
Crew,usable fuel,passengers, and cargo
Crew, usable fuel, oil, and fixed equipment
Crew, passengers, usable fuel, oil, cargo, and fixed equipment
Which of the following can provide the empty weight of an aircraft if the aircrafts weight and balance records are lost?
Reweighing the aircraft
The application Aircraft Spec or Type Certification Data Sheet
The application flight manual or pilots operating handbook
When calculating the new weight and balance for an aircraft,what is used to determine the operating CG range?
The data plate
The Type Certificate Data Sheets
The piot information manual
When calculating the new weight and balance for a plane, what is used to determine operating CG range?
The Type Certificate Data Sheet
The pilot information manual
The data plate
In the theory of weight and balance, what is the name of the distance from the fulcrum to an object?
Lever arm
Balance arm
Fulcrum arm
In the process of weighing an airplane toward obtaining the CG, the arms from the weighing points always extend
Parallel to the centerline of the airplane
Straight forward from each of the landing gear
Directly from each weighing point to the others
Which of the following have an effect on aircraft CG results when conducting a weight and balance check?
Leaving the parking brake on
Leaving the barking brake off
Leaving the downlocks installed
Which of the following may cause erroneous scale readings?
Wheel chocks in place
Parking brakes set
Parking brakes not set
(1)Private aircraft are required by regulations to be weighed periodically
(2)Private aircraft are required to be weighed after making and alterations
Only 1 is wrong
Only 2 is wrong
Both are wrong
Both are right
What FAA-approved document gives the leveling means to be used when weighing an aircraft?
Type Certificate Data sheet
AC 43.13-1b
Manufacturers maintenance manual
Which device(s) is/are used to obtain the greatest accuracy of aircraft leveling?
Plumb bob and chalk line
Spirit level
Electronic load cells
To obtain useful weight data for purposes of determining the CG, is it necessary that an aircraft be weighed
In leveling flight altitude
With all items of useful load installed
With no more then minimum fuel in all fuel tanks
What type of measurement is used to designate the arm in weight and balance computation?
Distance
Weight
Distance × weight
What determines whether the value is preceeded by a plus or a minus sign in aircraft weight and balance?
The location of weight in reference to the datum
The location of the weight relative to the datum and if removed or added
The location of the datum in reference to the aircraft CG
The maximum weight of an aircraft is the
Empty weight plus crew, max fuel,cargo and baggage
Empty weight plus crew, passengers, and fixed equipment
Empty weight plus useful load
Which statement is true regarding helicopter weight and balance?
Lateral axis CG control is not a factor in mainting weight and balance
The moment of tail-mounted componets is subject to constant change
Weight and balance procedures for airplanes also apply to helicopters
What should be clearly indicated on the aircraft weighing form?
Minimum allowable gross weight
Weight of unusable fuels
Weighing points
If the reference datum line is placed at the nose of an airplane rather then at the firewall or another location
All measurment arms will be negative
All measurment arms will be positive
All measurment arms will be negative and positive
Maximum zero fuel weight is the
Dry weight plus the weight of full crew,passengers and cargo
Basic operating weight without crew,fuel and cargo
Max permissible weight of a loaded aircraft without fuel
If it is necessary to weigh an aircraft with full fuel tanks, all fuel weight must be subtracted from the scale readings
Except minimum fuel
Including unusable fuel
Except unusable fuel
When dealing with weight and balance of an aircraft, maximum weight is interpreted to mean the maximum
Weight of the empty aircraft
Weight of the useful load
Authorized weight of the aircraft and its contents
The major source of weight change for most aircraft as they age is caused by
Accumulation of grime and debris in hard-to-reach areas of the structure
Repairs and alterations
Installation of hardware and saftey wire and added layers of paint
The useful load of an aircraft is the difference between
The maximum takeoff weight and basic empty weight
Maximum ramp or takeoff weight applicable, and zero fuel weight
Weight of an aircraft with all seats filled, all cargo, and full fuel
When determining the empty weight of an aircraft certified under current airworthiness standards contaminated oil is
Part of the empty weight
Part of the useful load
The same as the fluid contained in the water injection resevior
Improper loading of a helicopter which results in exceeding either the force or after CG limits is hazardous due to
Reduction or loss of effective cyclic pitch
Coriolis effect being translated to the fuselage
Reduction or loss of effective collective pitch control
The maximum weight as used in weight and balance control of a given aircraft can normally be found
By adding the weight of full fuel,pilot,cargo and passengers
In the aircraft specification or type certificate data sheet
By adding the empty weight and payload
The CG range in single-rotor helicopters is
Much greater then in airplanes
Approximately the same CG range for planes
More restricted then in planes
The amount of fuel used for computing empty weight and corresponding CG is
Empty fuel tanks
Unusable fuel
The amout of fuel necessary for half an hour of operation
When, or under what condition(s) are adverse loading checks conducted?
At or below the maximum gross weight of the aircraft
Anytime a repair or alteration causes EWCG to fall outside the CG range
At specified flight hour or calendar time intervals
If the empty weight CG of an airplane lies within the empty weight CG limits,
It is necessary to calculated CG ectremes
It is not necessary to calcualte CG extremes
Minimum fuel should be used in both forward and rearward CG checks
If an aircraft CG is found to be at 24 percent of MAC, that 24 percent is an expression of the
Distance from the TEMAC
Distance from the LEMAC
Distance from the datum
