Mass & Balance� covers all the necessary knowledge to enable the pilot to check that an aircraft is correctly loaded and balanced for safe and efficient operation.
�Performance� covers the theory required to operate a light aircraft safely in all phases of flight: take-off, climb, cruise, descent and landing. �Airframe Limitations� deals with the crucial relationship between loading and the speeds at which a light aircraft may be safely manoeuvred. This excellent new Ground Study training course has been created in partnership with Oxford Aviation and Transair Pilot Shop.
It is a classroom quality, interactive, multi-media training solution, which is designed to radically improve standard teaching methods by using brilliant 2D & 3D graphics, animations and photographs with written and spoken instruction. All subjects are taught using the latest computer based training technology (CBT) enabling you to learn more effective and enjoyable than ever before. The depth and scope of all subjects covered meet the syllabus requirements of the JAR-FCL PPL and the NPPL. The CBT is graphically rich, comprising countless full colour photos and diagrams.
There are also numerous animations which aim to teach you the more difficult concepts. All lessons are accompanied by a full audio teach and all chapters have multiple choice, self-assessment questions which allow you to check your progress through the course and to make your own judgement on your readiness to sit the actual examination. In following this JAA PPL CBT theoretical knowledge course, you will benefit from Oxford Aviation Training�s unsurpassed teaching expertise and from the School�s considerable experience of having successfully prepared thousands of students for JAA theory examinations.
As a pilot, you must have a clear perspective on your aircraft�s capabilities. It is essential for you to know, for instance, how well, or badly, your aircraft performs in the various phases of flight. How much runway will you use for the take-off and landing, how well will the aircraft climb, how far can it fly, how long can it remain airborne? These are questions you need to know the answer to for every aircraft you fly.
You will find the answers to these questions through your study of the theoretical knowledge subject �Aircraft Performance�. Fully appreciating your aircraft�s performance and what controls that performance is vital for safe and efficient flying operations. A companion subject to �Aircraft Performance� is �Mass & Balance�. Whatever the phase of flight, it is vitally important that the location of the aircraft�s centre of gravity always remains within the limits specified by the design of the aircraft.
If the centre of gravity falls outside these limits, the aircraft�s flying characteristics will be adversely affected and the aircraft may ultimately become uncontrollable. Pilots need to understand thoroughly the role played by the position of the centre of gravity. The 'Mass & Balance' section of this CD-ROM covers all the necessary knowledge and principles to enable you: the pilot, and aircraft captain, to check that your aircraft is correctly loaded and balanced for safe and efficient operations. As a pilot, you must at all times be aware of what forces are acting on your aircraft, both on the ground and in the air.
These forces are generated by a combination of the static loads carried by your aircraft and the dynamic loads generated when your aircraft is accelerating, whether in a straight line, in turning flight or when recovering from, say, a dive or aerobatic manoeuvre. Loads applied during accelerations are sometimes referred to as inertial loads. The potential magnitude of an inertial load is closely related to the speed at which the aircraft is flying. �Airframe Limitations� deals with this crucial relationship between loading and the speed at which the aircraft can be safely manoeuvred.
