Managing aircraft weight and balance
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Select the “Manage Aircraft and Balance” link under the “Aircraft” business component.
The “Manage Aircraft and Balance” page appears.
Select the following.
Aircraft Reg # |
Use the drop-down list box to select the aircraft for which you want to manage/view weight and balance or generate reports. Help facility available |
Select any of the radio button to indicate the task you want to perform or the information you want to view in this page.
View A/C Latest W/B |
Select the radio button to rerieve latest weight and balance details of the aircraft. |
Perform A/C Reweighing |
Select the radio button to carry out aircraft weighing as on the current date. |
Print W&B Report |
Select the radio button to generate W&B report for the aircraft. |
To make changes in the existing / previously generated W&B report, select the following.
Weighing Record # |
Use the drop-down list box to select the Weighing record that you want to modify. |
Select the “Get” pushbutton to retrieve details of the selected record in the page.
Aircraft Details
Under the “Aircraft Details” section, you can find the following information on the selected aircraft:
4 Aircarft Reg #
4 Aircraft Model #
4 Mfr. Serial #
4 Configuration Status
4 Configuration Class
Document Details
Under the Document Details section, you can see the following details of the selected Weighing Record#:
4 Aircraft W & B Record #
4 Exe. Doc. #
4 Created Date & Time
4 Task # | Task Sequence #
4 Record Status
Weight Info
On the right of the page, you can view the weight information of the aircraft including:
4 Empty Weight
4 Empty Weight C.G
4 Moment
4 Forward Limit
4 Useful Load
4 Landing Weight
4 Gross Weight
4 Aft Limit
Reference Details
The above section displays the following info:
Datum Point |
An imaginary vertical plane from which horizontal distances are measured for aircraft weight and balance purposes. |
Enter the following details:
Max. Gross Wt. |
The maximum aircraft gross weight due to design or operational limitations at which the aircraft is permitted to land. |
Weighing Configuration |
The aircraft configuration based on which the aircraft weighing is carried out in kilograms. |
Landing Wt. |
The gross weight of the aircraft at which the aircraft lands in kilograms. |
In the adjacent multiline, enter the following:
Weighing Points |
The locations on the aircraft that the manufacturer designates for the placement of scales when weighing aircraft. |
Levelling Means |
The way in which aircraft can be checked on the ground for level flight as specified by the aircraft manufacture. For example, the aircraft may be leveled by means of leveling lugs, spirit or bubble levels, or a plumb bob. |
Click the “Create New” pushbutton to save weight details to a new record.
Click the “Reweigh” pushbutton to save input details to the existing weighing record.
Click the “W&B Report” link to generate the Weight and Balance Report for the aircraft.
Process Parameter dependency: If the process parameter "Print Weight and Balance Record details along with Weight and Balance Report?" under the entity type Weight and balance and the entity Aircraft W & B is set as ‘1’ for Yes, the system generates the Weight and Balance Record sheets along with the Report sheets. Conversely, if the process parameter is set as ‘0’ for No, the system prints the Weight and Balance Report sheets only.
Click the “Equipment List” link to generate the Equipment List Report for the aircraft.
