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SP 𝐴𝑑𝑗.
55°
∆ 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜃 =
POO 𝐻𝑦𝑝.
35°
55° SP
EQ 𝑂𝑝𝑝.
∆ 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝜃 =
𝐴𝑑𝑗.
55°
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
Large scale = Large detail
°𝐸 = 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 +
Small scale = Small detail
°𝑊 = 𝑁𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 −
VOR and VDF variation measured at the station
Mercator (direct) scale change:
TVMDC = WEST is BEST 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑨 × cos 𝑙𝑎𝑡 𝑩 = 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑩 × cos 𝑙𝑎𝑡 𝑨
G T M C note:
± indication MUST 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = 300 000 𝑘𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
± GC ±V ±D be changed to EW
𝐿𝑆𝑆 = 39 × 𝑇𝑒𝑚𝑝°𝐾
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡. = 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 × 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
𝐶ℎ 𝑎𝑡 (𝑓𝑡) × 100
Gradient % =
𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡. (𝑓𝑡) 𝑀𝐵 = 𝑀𝐻 + 𝑅𝐵 𝑁𝐺𝑀 𝑁𝐴𝑀
T𝐵 = 𝑇𝐻 + 𝑅𝐵 =
𝐺𝑆 𝑇𝐴𝑆
𝐶ℎ 𝑎𝑡 (𝑓𝑡) × 60
G𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ ° = QDM = To (°𝑀) 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 = 2/3
𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡. (𝑓𝑡)
QDR = From (°𝑀) 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 = 1/2
Gradient % = 𝐺𝑃° ÷ 0.6 QUJ = To (°𝑇)
G𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ° = 𝐺𝑃% × 0.6 QTE = From (°𝑇) 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 (𝑘𝑡)
𝑀𝑎𝑥 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡 =
𝑁𝑀 𝑝𝑒𝑟/𝑚𝑖𝑛
ROC 𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑂𝐷 = 𝐺𝑆 × 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 % relative to the station.
RNAV Summary A
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡(𝐶) = 300 000 000 𝑚𝑠 (300 000 𝑘𝑚𝑠)
1
𝐷𝑖𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑎 = 𝑊𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ (𝜆)
2
1
𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑇𝑜𝑝 𝑓𝑡 = 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑓𝑡 × 𝑇𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑡∡ − 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ
2
OR
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡.𝑜𝑓𝑓×60
Use 1:60 rule 𝑇𝐾𝐸 = 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡.𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔
300000
𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑟 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑘𝑚 =
𝑃𝑅𝐹 × 2
Glideslope Limits: 3°GS(1.35-5.25)
𝐿𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = 0.45 × ∅
𝑈𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 = 1.75 × ∅
RNAV Summary B
POF Summary A 𝜌 = 𝐴𝑖𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3
1
1 𝑞 = 𝐷𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒( 𝜌𝑉 2 )
𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑡 = 𝜌𝑉 2 × 𝑆 × 𝐶𝐿 2
2
𝑉 = 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦(𝑚/𝑠)
𝐿𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑘 = 𝑊 × 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜃
𝑆 = 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑚2
𝐷𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑘 = 𝑊 ÷ 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜃
𝐶𝐿 = 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡(AoA, Config, Thickness)
𝑇𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 = 𝐷 + 𝑊 × 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝑌
𝑁 = 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑡𝑜𝑛
𝑇𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 𝐷 − 𝑊 × 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝑌
𝑊 = 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑁 𝑀 × 𝑔
𝑇 𝐷 𝑀 = 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠(𝑘𝑔)
𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 °: 𝑆𝑖𝑛(𝑌) = ( − )
𝑊 𝐿 𝑔 = 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 9.81 𝑚/𝑠
𝑇−𝐷 𝐷 = 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑔 𝑁
𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 °: 𝑆𝑖𝑛(𝑌) =
𝑊 FOR DESCENT:
Swap T for D 𝑇 = 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑁
𝑇 𝐷
𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 %: 𝑌=( − ) × 100 𝐿 = 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑁
𝑊 𝐿
𝑇𝐴𝑆 𝑖𝑛 𝑚/𝑠 = 𝑘𝑡 × 0.5144
𝑇−𝐷
𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 %: 𝑌= × 100 𝑛 = 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 (𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑡/𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡)
𝑊
Gradient % = 𝑇𝑎𝑛∅ × 100 𝑟 = 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠
Standard = C T M 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑛
𝐴𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = 1
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑛=
Isotherm (cosy) = C (TM) 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜃
Inversion (invert) = C M T 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑛2 𝑉𝑛𝑒𝑤 = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑛
𝐴𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 =
𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎
2
𝑇𝐴𝑆𝑚/𝑠
𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 = Propeller 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑤
𝑔 × 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑉𝑛𝑒𝑤 = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑑
Gyroscopic Effect: 𝑊𝑜𝑙𝑑
𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 2𝜋𝑟 (Clockwise)
2
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑤
2 =
𝑉𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑑
𝑇𝐴𝑆
Mach No. =
𝐿𝑆𝑆
POF Summary B
Stability
Jet Prop
A= Best Endurance A= Best Range
A= Vx Vx prop is sloer
than Vmd
A= Vmd Vmd AoA 4°
B= Best Range
PR PA
Jet Prop
C= Best Endurance C= Best Endurance
D= Vmd D= Best Range
D= LD Ratio MAX Prop Vmp 0.76
Vmd
Vy Max
forward
speed
POF Summary D
AGK - Electrics
𝑉 = 𝐼𝑅 V = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠 (emf potential difference)/U
𝑃 = 𝐼𝑉 𝐼 = 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐴𝑚𝑝𝑠
𝑀𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒
𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆
𝑅 = 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑂ℎ𝑚𝑠)
S𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠: 𝑅𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 𝑅1 + 𝑅2 + 𝑅3 … … …
𝑃 = 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 (𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑠) 𝑜𝑟 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘 (𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠)
1 1 1 1
Parallel: = + + ………
𝑅𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅1 𝑅2 𝑅3
𝐹 =𝑃×𝐴
𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 × 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡. = 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 × 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡.
𝑉 =𝐴×𝐿
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠
𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝐸𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 ×
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠
𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠
𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 =
𝐸𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 (𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒) 𝐹𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠
𝐸𝑃𝑅 =
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 0 = 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛
100 𝑜𝑟 200 = 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
*White exhaust smoke (steam smoke) indicates a high water content in the combustion chamber.
𝐵𝑦𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐴𝑖𝑟
𝐵𝑦𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑖𝑟
2:1 low – 5:1 high
AGK – Engines / Powerplant
𝐹 𝐴 = 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 (𝑚2 )
𝐹 =𝑃×𝐴 𝑂𝑅 𝑃=
𝐴
𝜌 = 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝐾𝑔/𝑚2 )
1 2 𝑉 = 𝑇𝐴𝑆 (𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐)
𝐷𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 𝜌𝑉
2
𝑃𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑡(𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙) = 𝑃𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 + 𝑃𝑑𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 1ℎ𝑃𝑎 = 30𝑓𝑡 (27𝑓𝑡)
∴
𝑃𝑑𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 = 𝑃𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑡(𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙) − 𝑃𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐
Only apply the 4% rule for
the layer between the
ground and the aircraft
𝑭𝑳(1013) ⇆ 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑(𝑄𝑁𝐻) ⇆ 𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐸(4% 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒) (Ground station where QNH
is measured and the
Indicated Altitude (QNH)).
𝐻𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐸𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = 4% 𝑝𝑒𝑟 10℃ 𝐼𝑆𝐴 𝑑𝑒𝑣
𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 = 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 + (𝐼𝑆𝐴 𝑑𝑒𝑣 × 120𝑓𝑡)
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑜𝑓𝑓 × 60
𝑇𝐾𝐸 =
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
WIZZ WHEEL
𝐼𝐴𝑆 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒
𝑇𝐴𝑆 = 𝐼𝐴𝑆 + ×
60 1000
𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑏: 𝑇𝐴𝑆 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑦 2% 𝑝𝑒𝑟 1000𝑓𝑡
ASI
PUDSOD
Pitot Blocked, Underreads in Descent (i.e. overreads in climb)
Static Blocked, Overreads in Descent (i.e. underreads in climb)
0℃ = +273°𝐾
1℃ = 1.8℉ + 32℉ WIZZ WHEEL
INST Summary C
Pivot
𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐷𝑖𝑝: CG
𝐻 = 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝑍 = 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
°𝐸 = 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 +
H
°𝑊 = 𝑁𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 −
VOR and VDF variation measured at the station Z
G T M C note:
± indication MUST
± GC ±V ±D be changed to EW
DRC NANDS
𝑵𝐻 𝑨𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑵𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ, 𝑫𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑺𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ WIZZ WHEEL to
NUNOS identify rotation
𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑘∢ + 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒
𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑦 =
2 Sluggish worsens TE
Lively reduces TE
180 ✔ Over
360 ✔ ✔
ALL Turns
Decelerate
𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠
𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 =
𝐹𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠
0 = 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛
100 𝑜𝑟 200 = 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = 𝑇𝑜𝑟𝑞𝑢𝑒 × 𝑅𝑃𝑀
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠
𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝐸𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 ×
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠
𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 0
𝑉𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑢𝑚 = 1
𝐴𝑖𝑟 = 1.0006
𝐴𝑉𝐺𝐴𝑆 = 1.95
𝐽𝐸𝑇 = 2.1
FPL Summary A
𝑁𝐺𝑀 𝑁𝐴𝑀 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 𝑁𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 −
=
𝐺𝑆 𝑇𝐴𝑆 𝑇𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 +
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡. = 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 × 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑜𝑓𝑓 × 60
𝑇𝐾𝐸 =
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔
Fuel reduction?.. Drop the alternate AND/OR comply with parts of the following:
𝐸 = 𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑂 = 𝐺𝑆 𝑂𝑢𝑡
𝐻 = 𝐺𝑆 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒
𝐷 = 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐴 𝑡𝑜 𝐵
𝐶𝑂 = 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑂𝑢𝑡 (𝑘𝑔/𝑛𝑚)
𝐶𝐻 = 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 (𝑘𝑔/𝑛𝑚)
MB Summary A
Swap T for D
𝑅𝑂𝐶 6000
𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 % = × 𝑇 𝐷
𝑇𝐴𝑆 6080 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 °: 𝑆𝑖𝑛(𝑌) = ( − )
𝑊 𝐿
𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 % 𝑇𝐴𝑆 𝑇−𝐷
= 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 °: 𝑆𝑖𝑛(𝑌) =
𝐴𝑖𝑟 % 𝐺𝑆 𝑊
𝐶ℎ 𝑎𝑡 (𝑓𝑡) × 100 𝑇 𝐷
Gradient % = 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 %: 𝑌=( − ) × 100
𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡. (𝑓𝑡) 𝑊 𝐿
𝐶ℎ 𝑎𝑡 (𝑓𝑡) × 60 𝑇−𝐷
G𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ ° = 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 %: 𝑌= × 100
𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡. (𝑓𝑡) 𝑊
Calculating Gradients:
1. Draw picture (use triangles)
2. Take into account screen height, reference zero
and 0.77 safety for MEP
3. Fill in what you can
4. Convert GS to FPM
5. Calculate
TAKEOFF:
• Dry – NO
• Wet – YES
• Contaminated – YES
LANDING:
• Dry – NO
• Wet – NO
• Contaminated - YES
PERF Summary C
Take Off (Safety factors)
TOD must be the greatest of: Reduce 35’ to 15’ when WET
𝑇𝑂𝐷 → 35′ × 1.15 𝐴𝐿𝐿 𝐸𝑁𝐺
𝑇𝑂𝐷 → 35′ 𝑂𝐸𝐼
1.1 × 𝑉𝑀𝐶𝐴
1.1 × 𝑉𝑀𝐶
1.2 × 𝑉𝑆1
(For SE or ME UTILITY)
𝑉𝑅 1.05 × 𝑉𝑀𝐶𝐴
𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑉1
1.1 × 𝑉𝑆1
𝑉𝐿𝑂𝐹 and 𝑉𝑅 𝑉𝑅 may not be less than 1.1 × 𝑉𝑀𝑈 𝐴𝐸𝑂
JET PROP
Jet Prop
A= Best Endurance A= Best Range
A= Vx Vx prop is sloer
than Vmd
A= Vmd Vmd AoA 4°
B= Best Range
PR PA
Jet Prop
C= Best Endurance C= Best Endurance
D= Vmd D= Best Range
D= LD Ratio MAX Prop Vmp 0.76
Vmd
Vy Max
forward
speed
PERF Summary G
Stability
Thermosphere 120 km to
700 km plus
Mesosphere 80 – 90 km SFC
TROPO
Stratosphere 50 km
Tropopause 11 km
SFC
Neutral Stability
In the NH with your back to the wind the LOW Pressure Geostrophic/Gradient
wind increases as
will be on your LEFT.
latitude decreases
Northern Hemisphere
2-Coriolis
1-PGF
L H
3-Centrifugal