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SACAA-02
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CONTENTS
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CALIBRATED AIRSPEED - KNOTS
100
80
60
40
20
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
INDICATED AIRSPEED - KNOTS
STA
20,000
000
NDA
19,000 18,
000
18,000 RD 17,
000
17,000 16,
000
16,000 15,
000
15,000 14,
000
14,000 13,
000
13,000 12,
000 ES
DENSITY ALTITUDE
12,000 11, IT UD
000 ALT
11,000 10, UR
E
SS
0 RE
10,000 900 P
0
9000 800
0
8000 700
0
7000 600
0
6000 500
0
5000 400
0
4000 300
0
3000 200
0
100 VE
L
2000 E
AL
1000 SE
0
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40
TEMPERATURE - °C
50
REE TION
65 D
W 0 ITY
IN
VE 55 OT
DEG REC
6 C
S
LO
30 NWAY - IND DI
40
KN 50
NW
S
AND ETWEE
10
45
20
HEAD/TAIL WIND COMPONENT - KNOTS
RU
30
B
40
LE
ANG
40
35
50
30
20
25
60
20
70
15
10
10
80
5
90
0
100
110
-10 13 12
0 0
14
15
0
160
0
170
-20
0 10 20 30 40 50
CROSSWIND COMPONENT - KNOTS
14,000
13,000
12,000
11,000
STANDARD DAY
10,000
DENSIT
9000
PRESSURE ALTITUDE - FEET
Y ALTIT
-20
°C
8000
UDE 11
-10
° C ° C 10° 0° C 0° C 0° C
,200 FT
7000
0 +
6000
C
+2 +3 +4
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400
GROSS WEIGHT - POUNDS
14,000
13,000
12,000
11,000
10,000
STANDARD DAY
DENSIT
9000
PRESSURE ALTITUDE - FEET
Y ALTIT
-20
°C
8000
UDE 11
-10
° C ° C 10° 0° C 0° C 0° C
,200 FT
7000
+
6000
C
+2 +3 +4
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400
GROSS WEIGHT - POUNDS
8000
7000
0° C
6000
5000
C
+20°
4000
C
3000
+40°
2000
1000
0
120
100
130
70
60
80
50
90
110
VNE - KIAS
8000
7000
0° C
6000
5000
C
+20°
4000
C
3000
+40°
2000
1000
0
120
60
100
90
50
110
70
40
80
VNO - KIAS
AUTOROTATION PERFORMANCE
16,000
15,000
14,000
13,000
12,000
11,000
PRESSURE ALTITUDE - FEET
10,000
9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
HORIZONTAL DISTANCE TRAVELLED - NAUTICAL MILES
650
AVOID OPERATION IN SHADED AREAS
600
550
HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL - FEET
500
400
350
300
250
150
100
50
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
INDICATED AIRSPEED - KNOTS
LONGITUDINAL CG GRAPH
2400
2300
2200
GROSS WEIGHT - POUNDS
2100
2000
1900
1800
1700
1600
1500
1400
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102
FUSELAGE STATION - INCHES FROM DATUM
LATERAL CG GRAPH
4R
3R
2R
LATERAL CG - INCHES
1R
-1 L
-2 L
-3 L
-4 L
2300
T
EN
OM
2200
EM
L
AB
L OW
2100
AL
LOADED HELICOPTER WEIGHT - POUNDS
2000
1900
1800
1700
1600
1500
1400
130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230
LOADED HELICOPTER MOMENT - 1000 INCH-POUNDS