Republic of the Philippines

PHILIPPINE STATE COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS

Piccio Garden, Villamor Pasay City

Institute of Aeronautics and Technology BSAMT

4101 (LECTURE) – AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES 1

MODULE NO. 9
Modular Activity
Group 2
GATCHALIAN, Kyle
GAYETA, Axis
GLORIA, Joseph
RAMOS, Jaerus

BSAMT 3 – 12

Roy Tristan S. Rosales

Instructor

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Jaerus Mark B. Ramos

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Date: July 23, 2022 Activity: 9A

Instructor: Roy Tristan S. Rosales
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9A

ACTIVITY 2A:
Given: The aircraft in Figure 6 was
weighed in the empty weight condition
and was found to have the following
readings at the three scales:

Nose wheel weight – 20,500 lbs

Right wheel weight – 70,000 lbs

Left wheel weight – 70, 500 lbs

Find the CG location and its expression in %MAC.

WEIGHT ARM MOMENT CG

20,500 120 2,460,000
70,000 600 42,000,000
70, 500 600 42,300,000
161,000 86,760,000 538.88

Solution:

1. MAC = 500 - 690 = 190in

2. Distance of CG from the Leading Edge MAC (LEMAC) = 500 – 538.88 = 38.88 in
3. CG in % MAC

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝐺 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐿𝐸𝑀𝐴𝐶

%𝑀𝐴𝐶 =
𝑀𝐴𝐶
30 𝑖𝑛
%𝑀𝐴𝐶 = = 0.0.2046 𝑥 100
150 𝑖𝑛

%𝑀𝐴𝐶 = 20.46%
GROUP 2: GATCHALIAN, GAYETA, GLORIA, RAMOS Title: Module 9

Date: July 23, 2022 Activity: 9B

Instructor: Roy Tristan S. Rosales
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9B
Activity 2B: Complete the puzzle below.
GROUP 2: GATCHALIAN, GAYETA, GLORIA, RAMOS Title: Module 9

Date: July 23, 2022 Activity: 9C

Instructor: Roy Tristan S. Rosales
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9C

ACTIVITY 2C:
In your own understanding, list 3 reasons why we use ballast in an aircraft.

Based on what I know, aircraft use ballast in aircraft because they use it to balance the
aircraft that is not fully loaded to become stable during flight. Another reason is because when
replacing older equipment with newer lighter equipment one needs to counter the lost weight to
ensure the aircraft would remain usable within its usable limits. Lastly, the reason they use ballasts
on aircrafts, is to attain the desired CG balance.