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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 11-19
  Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Performance Charts

  Performance Charts Performance charts allow a pilot to predict the takeoff, climb, cruise, and landing performance of an aircraft. These charts, provided by the manufacturer, are included in the AFM/POH. Information the manufacturer provides on these charts has been gathered ... from test flights conducted in a new aircraft, under normal operating conditions while using average piloting skills, and with the aircraft and engine in good working order. Engineers record the flight data and create performance charts based on the behavior…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 7-8
  Chapter 7: Helicopter Performance › Performance Charts › Sample Cruise or Level Flight Problem

  Atmospheric wind affects only the groundspeed, or speed at which the helicopter is moving over the Earth’s surface. Thus, the only climb performance affected by atmospheric wind is the angle of climb and not the rate of climb. When ... planning for climb performance, it is first important to plan for torque settings at level flight. Climb performance charts show the change in torque, above or below torque, required for level flight under the same gross weight and atmospheric conditions…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 11-9
  Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Climb Performance Factors › Range Performance

  This is the point of maximum endurance. Beyond this point, increases in airspeed come at a cost. Airspeed increases require additional power and fuel flow increases with additional power. Cruise flight operations for maximum range should be conducted so that ... range = NM/hour pounds of fuel/hour or specific range = knots fuel flow If maximum specific range is desired, the flight condition must provide a maximum of speed per fuel flow. While the peak value of specific range would provide maximum range…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 10-10
  Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Confined Area Operations › Takeoff

  wide margin but with a dangerously low rpm and no power reserve. Always make the landing to a specific point and not to some general area. This point should be located well forward, away from the approach ... more confined the area is, the more essential it is that the helicopter land precisely at a definite point. Keep this point in sight during the entire final approach. When flying a helicopter near obstacles, always consider the tail rotor…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 13-28
  Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Engine Inoperative Flight Principles › OEI Climb Performance

  Climb performance is reduced by the moderate sideslip. With wings level, VMC is significantly higher than published as there is no horizontal component of lift available to help the rudder combat asymmetrical thrust. Figure 13-15. Wings level engine ... engine. [Figure 13-16] This assumes no rudder input, the ball is displaced well toward the operative engine, and climb performance is greatly reduced by the large sideslip toward the operative engine. Due to the increased risk of loss…

• Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. B-1
  Appendix B. SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATIONAL INFORMATION › B.2 Small Unmanned Aircraft Loading and Its Effects on Performance › B.2.1 Weight and Balance (W&B)

  Small Unmanned Aircraft Loading and Its Effects on Performance B.2.1 Weight and Balance (W&B). Before any flight, the remote PIC should verify the aircraft is correctly loaded by determining the W&B condition of the aircraft. An aircraft ... closely followed. Compliance with the manufacturer’s W&B limits is critical to flight safety. The remote PIC must consider the consequences of an overweight aircraft, as it may result in an unsafe condition. Although a maximum gross takeoff weight…