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1. 20 Troubleshooting and Information sssssssssssssss me 21 Page 1 DISPLAY SCREEN E6B PalmVersion WT ARM WT MOM P D ALT PLAN TAS HDG GS LEG TIME FUEL REQ X H WIND ACT TAS WIND GS FPH PLAN MZ REQ TAS REQ CAS DIST FLN ENDUR ACT MZ CIk Tmr R Reg Dscn SPRng T DCN Q 3 The figure above shows the main menu To choose a function press the appropriate button with the stylus pen The display will change to the function showing the values to be entered at the top the calculated values shown below the line and the entry keypad shown below at the bottom of the screen Your E6B software performs all of the basic arithmetic functions with the keys shown above addition subtraction multiplication and division These functions as well as any conversions can be performed at any time while performing an aviation function The E6B software will display up to eight digits of the answer The button should be used to compute any arithmetic function Page 2 AVIATION FUNCTIONS The aviation functions are displayed on the main menu Your E6B software will automatically save computed values from one aviation function to another To override this option key in the new value when prompted The E6B software will save true airspeed groundspeed time and fuel per hour calculations It will also save cumulative weight and balance totals WT W SPD2. steeds Hee ets eee ine ees a 8 Fuel Required FUEL REQ vsaka cece cece cece nn nn h a nnn 8 Crosswind Headwind and Tailwind X H Wind cesses 8 Actual True Airspeed ACT TAS 9 Wind Speed and Direction Immer 9 Groundspeed GS secet eie sere a tiep a ees 10 Fuel Per Hout RPH c d re actus ec S Id bill vrl Sata ee ichs I ERI 10 Flight Plan Mach Number PLAN M3 ui aiiaaasanaanasnaansannnannnannannnnnnnnnnnnnnna 10 Required True Airspeed REQ TAS memes ens 11 Required Calibrated Airspeed REQ CAS 11 Distance Flown DIST FEN Svenska n Ime eme ee n n n nnn 12 Endurance ENDUR ub ERE hove boas MEE ER EE 12 Actual Mach Number ACT MZ ssssssessesese emn e n emen nnn nnn 12 Required Rate of Climb RteOClimb cece n 13 Required Rate of Descent Req Dscn z nznansavaasannanaanannanannannananana 13 Specific Range SPRNG icio ARR AE ERR D ERI DUE RR Saa 14 Top of Descent T D CN puce RID e DE RR e xxi e San gaa UE ER ARE 14 Weight ARM WT ARM eic ideato gle oom A cia tenia alc te ete tae del ne Sache chal 15 Weight Moment WT MOM sanasnnaaanaaans nannannnannnannnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnni 16 Appendix A Sample Problems 17 20 Weight and Measure
3. RWY X WIND H WIND W DIR ARM CAS TAS MACH D ALT 96MAC FPH I ALT FUEL C PROMPTS AND LABELS Weight Wind Speed Runway Crosswind Headwind Wind Direction Arm Calibrated Airspeed True Airspeed Mach Number Density Altitude or Desired Altitude Percent Mean Aerodynamic Chord Fuel Per Hour Indicated Altitude Fuel Temperature in Celsius Label PC MOM CG GS HDG P ALT TC CRS RF GW DIST HOME TIME MAC LOCAL FEET Page 3 Indicated Temperature in Celsius Moment Center of Gravity Groundspeed Heading Pressure Altitude Temperature in Celsius Course Reduction Factor Gross Weight Distance Home Time Clock Label Time Mean Aerodynamic Chord Local Time Clock Label Feet NAUT Nautical CONV Conversion Function RGR Required Gradient Rate MROC Minimum Rate of Climb CRALT Crossing Altitude FXDIS Fix Distance RQ DN Required Descent Rate SPRNG Specific Range RATE Descent Rate T DSC Top of Descent LEMAC Leading Edge Mean Aerodynamic Chord ZULU Coordinated Universal Time Clock Label BARO Altimeter Setting in Inches in Mercury Barometer Clk Tmr Conv Timer SPECIAL FUNCTION KEYS Displays clocks and timer Returns to main menu Converts the value between units of measurement Imports current value from timer onto current number entry line Accep
4. gram inch of Mercury millibar 8916 170 160 190 110 60 110 9716 5424 15140 200 14940 2000 12940 WEIGHT AND MEASURE CONVERSIONS 2 54 centimeters 0 3937 inches 1 61 kilometers 0 62 statute miles 0 833 Imperial gallons 1 201 U S gallons 0 22 Imperial gallons 4 55 liters 28 35 grams 0 035 ounces 33 86 millibars 0 0295 of Mercury Page 23 2809 0 37 7 35 5 50 5 29 3 4 4 50 8 3017 2 1644 1 4661 3 61 8 4599 5 612 9 3986 6 TROUBLESHOOTING amp INFORMATION Improper input of data will cause incorrect answers Read the operating instructions to ensure that you are entering problems correctly Also be sure that units agree i e all units in statute miles nautical miles or kilometers NOTE Sporty s E6B software is an instruction and informational aid and is not an avionics instrument Page 24
5. However flight manuals for some aircraft describe weight and balance problems in terms of moments Sporty s E6B software will retain and display cumulative totals for center of gravity gross weight and moment given weight and moment for each item and reduction factor The reduction factor for this example is 100 As an example use the following table for entry ITEM WEIGHT MOM 100 Empty weight 3472 1220 Seat 1 170 63 Seat 2 160 59 Seat 3 100 68 Seat 4 120 82 Baggage nose compartment 100 31 Baggage rear compartment 60 74 Fuel main tanks 600 210 Fuel auxiliary tanks 378 178 Tap from main menu The display will prompt for WT Key in 3472 and press Ent The display will prompt for MOM Key in 1220 and press The display will prompt for RF Key in 100 and press Ent The display will read WT 3472 MOM 1220 RF 100 CG 35 14 GW 3472 Enter remaining weights and moments Since the RF has already been keyed in the computer will not prompt for RF after the first entry The E6B software will keep running totals for moment center of gravity and gross weight When finished the display will read WT 378 MOM 1923 RF 100 CG 37 27 GW 5160 Totals for moment center of gravity and gross weight should then be checked against the aircraft s approved operating limits Page 18 APPENDIX A SAMPLE PROBLEMS TIME 4 45 00 2 15 30 CONV H gt HMS 07 00 30 6 7 5 20 00 CONV H gt HMS 01 22 00 CONVERSIONS 25 pou
6. 14 and press Ent The display will read Time 3 15 FPH 14 Fuel 45 5 Note The Fuel Required function computes the fuel consumption only It does not take required fuel reserves into account CROSSWIND HEADWIND AND TAILWIND X H WIND This function computes the crosswind component and headwind or tailwind component given wind direction wind speed and runway number In this example the wind is from 270 at 20 and the runway number is 30 Note that the runway heading of 30 should be entered not 300 Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for WDir Key in 270 and press Ent The display will prompt for WSpd Key in 20 and press Ent The display will prompt for RWY Key in 30 and press Ent The display will read WDir 270 WSpd 20 RWY 30 H Wind 17 3 X Wind 10 Page 9 Right crosswinds are shown as positive numbers while left crosswinds are shown as negative numbers A positive value for H WIND denotes a tailwind while a negative value denotes a headwind ACTUAL TRUE AIRSPEED ACT TAS This function calculates true airspeed mach number and density altitude given pressure altitude indicated temperature in Celsius and calibrated airspeed In this example the pressure altitude is 10 000 feet temperature is 3 C and calibrated airspeed is 200 Tap from main menu The display will prompt for PAIt Key in 10000 and press Ent The display will prompt for I C Key in 3 and press Ent The di
7. Key in 14 000 and press Ent Display will prompt for CRALT Key in 8 000 and press Display will prompt for FXDIS Key 25 and press Ent The display will read GS 180 IALT 14000 CRALT 8000 FIXDIS 25 RQ DN 720 This ATC crossing restriction will require a descent rate of 720 feet per minute A positive value for RQ DN indicates a descent A negative value indicates a climb to the crossing altitude SPECIFIC RANGE SPRNG Specific range is a planning function used to determine the most desirable altitude for long range flight Range is calculated in miles given the total fuel groundspeed and fuel burn In this example we will compute aircraft range at 12 000 feet with 140 gallons of fuel Our fuel burn will be 24 gallons per hour with a groundspeed of 150 Page 15 Tap from the main menu and the display will prompt for FUEL Key in 140 and press Display will prompt for GS Key in 150 and press Ent Display prompts for FPH Enter 24 and press En The display will read FUEL 140 GS 150 FPH 24 SPRNG 875 This cruise altitude will yield a range of 875 miles Following the same sequence for a flight at 8 000 feet with 140 gallons of fuel a groundspeed of 165 and fuel burn of 27 gallons per hour a specific range of 855 6 is calculated An additional 20 miles of range is available at 12 000 feet TOP OF DESCENT T DCN This function determines when to begin a descent to arrive at the destination at a des
8. S 234 7 HEADING AND GROUNDSPEED HDG GS This function will compute heading and groundspeed given wind direction wind speed course and true airspeed In this example the wind is from 270 at 20 course is 180 and true airspeed is 185 Tap from main menu The display will prompt for WDir Key in 270 and press Ent The display will prompt for WSpd Key in 20 and press Ent The display will prompt for CRS Key in 180 and press Ent The display will prompt for TAS Key in 185 and press Ent The display will read WDir 270 WSpd 20 CRS 180 TAS 185 HDG 186 2 GS 183 9 LEG TIME LEG TIME This function computes the time required to fly a particular distance given distance and groundspeed In this example distance is 25 and groundspeed is 185 Page 8 Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for Dist Key in 25 and press Ent The display will prompt for GS Key in 185 and press Ent The display will read Dist 25 GS 185 Time 0 1351351 0 08 06 Note The calculated time is displayed in both hours and hours minutes seconds FUEL REQUIRED FUEL REQ This function calculates fuel requirements given time and fuel per hour consumption In this example flying time is 3 hours 15 minutes and fuel per hour consumption is 14 gallons Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for Time Key in 3 hours 15 minutes Tap 3 Ce 1 5 and press Ent The display will prompt for FPH Key in
9. SPORTY S E6B ELECTRONIC FLIGHT COMPUTER SOFTWARE Sporty s E6B Flight Computer software is designed to perform 23 aviation functions and 14 standard conversions and includes timer and clock functions This manual is designed to offer an introduction to the operation of the E6B software For each calculation a sample problem has been given We hope that you enjoy your Sporty s E6B Flight Computer software Its use has been made easy through direct path menu selection and calculation prompting As you will soon learn it is one of the most useful and versatile of all aviation computers 2008 by Sportsman s Market Inc Version 08A CONTENTS Display tee a obe duo a k 2 Aviation Functlotis z illie Ive Rar c E TU Sis BER e aA EU NR ERA ER QUEE EUN FREE EE 2 Prompts and labels lE ue Ge E 3 Special Function Keys ceci pepe mH RE ens Siders dee 4 GONVErsl n So consecte pecudes cup Abre ortae Tits 4 Clocks and TImYer sores yr oc oid eric ge 99 Dee eek Ba I UU YU REDDE 5 Adding and Subtracting m I enm 5 Percent o Mcgee vi chet ae deve o wen Ri ege eevee ees 6 Pressure and Density Altitude P D Alt 6 Flight Plan True Airspeed PLAN 0 7 Heading and Groundspeed 65 7 Leg Time EEG TIME
10. e can be entered into the E6B software in either hours or hours minutes and seconds To enter in hours simply key in a normal decimal number For example entering 2 75 hours is the same as entering 02 45 00 To key in time in hours minutes and seconds mode the must be used For example to enter 3 hours 14 minutes and 25 seconds tap 3 e 1 4 2 5 The display will read 3 14 25 To key in 5 minutes even the leading zeroes must be used tap 5 The display will read 0 05 Time can be added in either mode times from different modes can also be added without converting For example to add 3 45 hours and 2 45 00 Enter in 3 45 and tap Enter in 2 45 and tap The diplay will read 6 2 Answers will always appear hours Use the conversion function to change to hours minutes and seconds The display will read 6 12 00 PERCENT MAC MAC This function computes the center of gravity in terms of percentage of mean aerodynamic chord or the percentage distance of the center of gravity from the average distance between the leading edge to the trailing edge of the wing In this example leading edge mean aerodynamic chord LEMAC is 22 29 the CG is 37 27 and the mean aerodynamic chord MAC is 61 4 Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for LEMAC Key in 22 29 and press Ent The display will prompt for CG Key in 37 27 and press Ent The display will prompt for MAC Key in 61 4 and press E
11. ge 20 Dist 32 Time 00 15 00 Fuel 33 Time 02 45 00 PLAN M T C 45 Mach 0 82 REQ TAS WDir 270 W Spd 20 CRS 355 GS 192 REQ CAS PAIt 8000 T C 12 TAS 185 DIST FLN GS 220 Time 02 10 00 INPUT ENDUR Fuel 70 FPH 14 ACT M 1 52 0 82 RteOClimb GS 128 FPH 12 TAS 482 8 TAS 194 8 HDG 349 1 DAIt 9457 Mach 0 28 CAS 160 7 Dist 476 7 APPENDIX A cont SAMPLE PROBLEMS OUTPUT Time 5 5 00 00 TAS 451 7 Page 21 GS RGR Req Dscn GS IALT CRALT FIXDIS SPRNG FUEL GS FPH T DCN GS IALT DALT RATE WT ARM empty fuel front seat 2nd row 3rd row baggage CG 78 91 WT MOM Payload computations 70 400 220 20000 11000 25 2500 280 700 230 22000 1000 1500 WT 2467 444 340 100 ITEM ARM 76 7 75 0 75 0 115 148 164 MROC 460 8 Grad 6 6 RQ DN 1320 SPRNG 1000 T DSC 53 7 MOM GW 189218 2467 222518 2911 248018 3251 264418 3351 APPENDIX A cont SAMPLE PROBLEMS WEIGHT MOMENT pounds 1000 Page 22 Basic operating weight Cabin Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Baggage Nose Tail cone Zero fuel weight Fuel Ramp weight Taxi fuel Takeoff gross weight En Route fuel Landing weight CG 308 08 inch centimeter statute mile kilometer U S gallon Imperial gallon liter Imperial gallon ounce
12. ired altitude given aircraft groundspeed indicated altitude desired altitude and rate of descent In this example our indicated altitude is 11 500 feet We desire to be at a pattern altitude of 1 500 feet descending at 600 feet per minute with a groundspeed of 140 Tap from the main menu and the display will prompt for GS Key in 140 and press Ent Display will prompt for IALT Key in 11 500 and press Ene Display will prompt for DALT Key in 1 500 and press Ent Display will prompt for RATE Key in 600 and press Ene The display will read GS 140 IALT 11500 DALT 1500 RATE 600 T DSC 38 9 The descent should begin 39 miles from our destination Page 16 WEIGHT ARM WT ARM This function is an easy method to compute the proper loading of the aircraft The E6B software will retain and display cumulative totals for center of gravity CG gross weight GW and moment MOM This will allow you to continue keying in weight and ARM values for to obtain running totals In the WT ARM mode the E6B software continuously prompts for new WT and ARM values ARM is the distance in inches from the datum line to the center of gravity of an item The datum line is an imaginary line established by the manufacturer from which all ARM measurements are taken The moment is the product of arm and weight divided by the reduction factor The reduction factor is a constant of 1 for WT ARM calculations The computer will always assume RF 1 In
13. irspeed corresponding mach number and density altitude given the pressure altitude temperature in Celsius and true airspeed In this example pressure altitude is 10 000 feet temperature is 2 C and the true airspeed is 200 Tap from main menu The display will prompt for PAIt Key in 10000 and press Ent The display will prompt for T C Key in 2 and press Ent The display will prompt for TAS Key in 200 and press Ent The display will read PAIt 10000 T C 2 TAS 200 DAIt 10769 5 Mach 0 31 CAS 170 4 DISTANCE FLOWN DIST FLN This function calculates for distance given time and groundspeed In this example the groundspeed is 185 and time is 15 minutes Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for GS Key in 185 and press Ent The display will prompt for Time Key in 15 minutes Tap 0 Cm 1 5 and press Ent The display will read GS 185 Time 0 15 Dist 46 3 ENDURANCE ENDUR This function calculates endurance given the total fuel on board and the fuel per hour consumption In this example fuel on board is 74 and fuel per hour is 14 Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for Fuel Key in 74 and press Ent Page 13 The display will prompt for FPH Key in 14 and press Ent The display will read Fuel 74 FPH 14 Time 5 2857143 5 17 09 Note The calculated time is displayed in both hours and hours minutes seconds ACTUAL MACH NUMBER ACT M This function calcula
14. n menu The display will prompt for Fuel Key in 45 5 and press Ent The display will prompt for Time Key in 3 hours 15 minutes Tap 3 e 1 5 and press Ent The display will read Fuel 45 5 Time 3 15 FPH 14 Page 11 FLIGHT PLAN MACH NUMBER PLAN M This function will compute the true airspeed given the temperature in Celsius and the mach number In this example temperature is 20 C and the Mach is 0 85 Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for T C Key in 20 press GA and press The display will prompt for Mach Key in 0 85 and press Ent The display will read T C 20 Mach 85 TAS 527 2 REQUIRED TRUE AIRSPEED REQ TAS Required True Airspeed is a planning function used to maintain a certain groundspeed and course in order to arrive at a desired point at a specific time It will compute true airspeed and heading given wind direction and speed course and groundspeed In this example the wind is from 270 at 15 course is 355 and groundspeed is 225 kts Tap from main menu The display will prompt for WDir Key in 270 and press Ent The display will prompt for WSpd Key in 15 and press Ent The display will prompt for CRS Key in 355 and press Ent The display will prompt for GS Key in 225 and press Ent The display will read WDir 270 WSpd 15 CRS 355 GS 225 TAS 226 8 HDG 351 2 REQUIRED CALIBRATED AIRSPEED REQ CAS Page 12 This function calculates the calibrated a
15. nds to kilograms sese 11 3398 12 kilograms to pounds sues 26 4554 toimeters 4 iiam 9 144 100 meters to feet sese 328 084 32 Fahrenheit to Celsijus ssnin ninian 0 100 Celsius to Fahrenheit sees 212 100 nautical miles to kilometers 185 2 50 kilometers to nautical miles 26 9978 9 5125 hts to hns co ee o erect ege ts 9 30 45 12 30 30 AMS to hrs eee 12 5083 87 nautical miles to statute miles 100 117 115 statute miles to nautical miles 99 9322 1 U S gallon to liters cesses 3 78541 10 liters to U S gallons 2 64172 INPUT OUTPUT 96MAC use CG from WT MOM problem LEMAC 285 6 CG 308 08 MAC 27 8 MAC 81 0 P D ALT Page 19 IAlt 10000 PAIt 9920 BARO 30 00 DAIt 11014 T C 5 PLAN TAS PAIt 12000 DAIt 13219 T C 2 Mach 0 37 CAS 195 TAS 237 7 HDG GS WDir 270 WSpd 20 HDG 349 1 CRS 355 GS 192 2 TAS 195 LEG TIME Dist 25 Time 0 1282051 GS 195 0 07 42 FUEL REQ Time 02 45 00 Fuel 38 5 FPH 14 APPENDIX A cont SAMPLE PROBLEMS INPUT OUTPUT X H WIND WDir 270 H Wind 17 3 WSpd 20 X Wind 10 RWY 30 ACT TAS PAIt 12000 DAIt 12367 9 2 Mach 0 37 CAS 195 TAS 234 5 WIND CRS 355 TAS 195 W Dir 307 8 GS 175 WSpd 27 8 HDG 349 GS Pa
16. nt The display will read Page 6 LEMAC 22 29 CG 37 27 MAC 61 4 MAC 24 4 The total for MAC should be checked against the aircraft s approved operating limits PRESSURE AND DENSITY ALTITUDE P D ALT This function will compute the pressure and density altitude given the indicated altitude barometric pressure altimeter setting in inches of Mercury and temperature in Celsius In this example indicated altitude is 10 000 feet the barometer is 29 94 inches and the temperature is 5 C Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for IAlt Key in 10000 and press Ent The display will prompt for BARO Key in 29 94 and press Ent The display will prompt for T C Key in 5 and press The display will read lAIt 10000 BARO 29 94 TC 5 PAlt 9980 DAlt 11088 FLIGHT PLAN TRUE AIRSPEED PLAN TAS This function is used to calculate true airspeed for preflight planning It will compute the density altitude mach number and true airspeed in knots given the pressure altitude temperature and calibrated airspeed in knots In this example pressure altitude is 10 000 feet temperature is 2 C and CAS is 200 knots Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for PAlt Key in 10000 and press Ent The display will prompt for T C Key in 2 and press Ent Page 7 The display will prompt for CAS Key in 200 and press Ent The display will read PAIt 10000 T C 2 CAS 200 DAIt 10770 Mach 0 36 TA
17. s CLOCKS AND TIMER The E6B software has three clocks that run simultaneously They are labeled as Zulu Home and Local The independent timer is below the clocks To display press C gt To set 11 25 00 on Zulu clock do under the hour position until 11 is displayed Tap the minutes position until 25 is displayed Press to start the clock This also synchronizes the minutes and seconds of the Home and Local clocks with the Zulu clock Set the hours for the Home and Local clocks ugng then synchronize the minutes and seconds by tapping on the Zulu clock A time can be entered in the timer by ugng TO activate the timer tap to start the timer counting up or tap to start counting down pauses the timer returns the timer to 0 00 00 An indicator to the right of the timer indicates if the timer if up or counting down indicates the timer is stopped Next to this indicator is a or When the timer is counting down and reaches 0 00 00 this changes from to to show the timer is now counting how much time has passed since reaching zero The count down timer can be used as a reminder when to switch fuel tanks to fly a non precision approach LEG TIME function or measuring groundspeed from one checkpoint to another checkpoint GS Any function requiring time to be entered the timer may be used by tapping Timer X Ent when prompted for time Page 5 ADDING AND SUBTRACTING TIME Tim
18. splay will prompt for CAS Key in 200 and press Ent The display will read PAIt 10000 3 CAS 200 DAIt 10039 6 Mach 0 36 TAS 232 WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION WIND This function calculates wind speed and direction given course true airspeed groundspeed and heading In this example the course is 355 true airspeed is 200 groundspeed is 170 and the heading is 350 Tap from main menu The display will prompt for CRS Key in 355 and press Ent The display will prompt for TAS Key in 200 and press Ent The display will prompt for GS Key in 170 and press Ent The display will prompt for HDG Key in 350 and press Ent The display will read CRS 355 TAS 200 Page 10 GS 170 HDG 350 WDir 324 2 WSpd 34 GROUNDSPEED GS This function calculates groundspeed given distance and time In this example distance is 18 and time is 7 minutes Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for Dist Key in 18 and press Ent The display will prompt for Time Key in 7 minutes Tap O ap 0 7 and press Ent The display will read Dist 18 Time 0 07 GS 154 3 NOTE Time can be imported from the timer for groundspeed calculations This can be done by tapping Timer Ent when the computer prompts for time FUEL PER HOUR FPH This function computes fuel per hour given time and total fuel consumed In this example time is 3 hours 15 minutes and fuel consumed is 45 5 gallons Tap from the mai
19. tes true airspeed given the indicated temperature and mach number It differs from the PLAN M function only in that indicated temperature is used In this example the indicated temperature is 17 C and the mach number is 0 85 Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for I C Key in 17 press G and press The display will prompt for Mach Key in 0 85 and press Ent The display will read 17 Mach 85 TAS 502 2 REQUIRED RATE OF CLIMB Rte O Climb This function calculates required rate of climb common in departure procedures in feet per minute given groundspeed and required climb gradient in feet per mile In this example the groundspeed is 80 and the required climb gradient is 330 feet per mile Tap from the main menu The display will prompt for GS Key in 80 and press Ent The display will prompt for RGR Key in 330 and press Ent The display will read GS 80 RGR 330 MROC 440 GRAD 5 496 Page 14 REQUIRED RATE OF DESCENT Req Dscn This function determines the required descent or climb rate to arrive at a fix at a specific altitude given groundspeed indicated altitude crossing altitude and fix distance In this example the aircraft is cruising at 14 000 feet with a groundspeed of 180 ATC assigns a crossing altitude of 8 000 feet for a fix located 25 miles away Tap Req Dscn from the main menu and the display will prompt for GS Key in 180 and press Ent Display will prompt for IALT
20. this example aircraft empty weight is 2467 arm is 76 7 and the reduction factor is 1 Tap from main menu The display will prompt for WT Key in 2467 and press Ent The display will prompt for ARM Key in 76 7 and press Ent The display will read WT 2467 ARM 76 7 CG 76 7 MOM 189218 9 GW 2467 After keying in the airplane s empty weight and arm the next step is to calculate the weight and balance for the aircraft at takeoff For this example we ll assume the following load Ite Weight Arm Fuel 72 5 gal 6 Ibs gal 75 Front passengers 340 75 Rear passengers 340 115 Baggage 18 164 With display from the previous page shown Key in 72 5 6 WT will display 435 Press Ent Key in ARM of 75 Press Ent New totals will appear for MOM CG and GW The passengers and baggage can be added onto the total in the same manner the fuel was added above The final calculations can be used to confirm that the weight and CG are within the aircraft s operating limitations When finished the cumulative totals will be displayed The display will read WT 18 ARM 164 CG 80 39 MOM 289395 9 GW 3600 Weight can also be moved or subtracted Suppose one of the rear passengers can t make the trip Page 17 Key in WT of 170 and press D Press Ent Key in ARM of 115 Press Ent The display will read WT 170 ARM 115 CG 78 67 MOM 269845 9 GW 3430 WEIGHT MOMENT WT MOM This function is similar to the WT ARM function
21. ts the entered number Totals calculator functions Deletes last digit entered Clears current number entry line Moves cursor between number entry lines Changes a positive value to a negative and a negative value to a positive A negative number will be denoted with a minus sign in front of the number Page 4 CONVERSIONS Conversions may be made at any time during any function For example if a calculation prompts for the temperature in Celsius and only 68 Fahrenheit is available enter 68 as the value press conv press CF amp 20 00 will be displayed on the top line Press to accept this value and return to the calculation Conversions can be calculated for Nautical Miles Statute Miles Nautical Miles 3 Statute Miles Nautical Miles Kilometers Kilometers 29 Statute Miles Feet Meters Meters Feet Pounds Kilograms Kilograms gt Pounds Gallons Liters Liters Gallons Fahrenheit gt Celsius Celsius 9 Fahrenheit Hours Hours Minutes Seconds Hours Minutes Seconds Hours There are no conversion keys for kilometers to statute miles or statute miles to kilometers To convert from kilometers to statute miles first convert kilometers to nautical miles then nautical miles to statute miles To convert statute miles to kilometers first convert from statute miles to nautical miles then nautical miles to kilometer
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