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SECTION6
WEIGHTANDBALANCEEQUIPMENTLIST
CG
o CGiscriticaltotheefficientoperationofanyAV
o Whencomponentsareshifted,theCGwillbealtered.
o Themaincomponentswhicharemovedonaregularbasisarethesensorsandthe
batteries.
o ThesensorsaretypicallyinthefrontoftheAV,andthebatteriesarelocatedinthe
correctpositiontooffsetallthecomponentsontheAV.
o TheCGmustbetestedafteranychangetothecomponentsortheirplacement.
o TheCGshouldbetestedbyliftingtheUVwithfingersonthebottomofthearms.Check
all3pairsofarms.TheCGshouldbenomorethan2mmoffinanyonthe3checks.The
closertheCGistothecenterlinesofthearmsthemoreefficientandthemorestablethe
AVwillbe.
WEIGHT
o Weightiscriticaltotheoperationofanyaircraft
o Weightisespeciallycriticaltoarotorwingaircraft.Atfullthrottlethemotorshavea
finiteamountofthrust.Alltheweightisliftedbythebatterypower,thereisnowingto
assistinprovidinglift.
o Asthebatteriesareoperated,theylosepower.Atfullchargetheyhaveabout25v.At
20%remainingcapacitytheyhaveabout21v.Thisisalossof8%ofthepoweravailable
whichissignificant.
o Donotoverloadtheaircraftortherewillnotbesufficientreservepowertomaneuver
atlowbatterylevels.
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