RP A-8 Aircraft Weight Estimating and SAWE RP8 – Recorded Training

Description

Instructor: Dudley Cate, SAWE Fellow, NAVAIR Retired

The objectives of this course are to provide an overview of weight estimating methods and the weight estimating process for aircraft, and to provide insight into the weight and balance reporting formats and requirements of SAWE Recommended Practice 8.

Included will be description of the many types of aircraft estimating methods, together with their applicability and limitations. Many other weight estimating considerations also will be addressed, including impacts of new technologies, estimating prototypes and derivatives, sources of weight data and estimating methods, and dealing with estimating uncertainty. Estimating aircraft center of gravity location and moments of inertia will be briefly discussed.  The portion of the course devoted to RP8 will address the three contained therein. The basic RP8 concept of allocation by function will be explained, and the important RP8 allocation instructions will be covered. The requirements for structural increments and design information also will be addressed, along with why inclusion of those data is so important to weight estimating and weight control.

The course consists of an introduction and seven chapters:

1. Overview of Weight Estimating
2. Conceptual Estimating Methods
3. Parametric Estimating Methods
4. Analytical Estimating Methods
5. Other Estimating Methods and Challenges
6. Other Considerations
7. Weight and Balance Reporting Forms for Aircraft

 

The total duration of the audio/slideshow Aircraft Weight Estimating and SAWE RP8 is 3 1/2 hours.