C. LPC WEIGHT AND BALANCE SYSTEM
C. LESS PAPER IN THE COCKPIT WEIGHT AND BALANCE SYSTEM
1. GENERALITIES
The Less Paper in the Cockpit . Weight & Balance module is an interface designed for the pilot for use in the cockpit to compute the different weights and center of gravity (CG) positions of the aircraft and to check them against their operational limitations. The interface runs on a laptop equipped with Windows operating system.
The Less paper cockpit package is a more comprehensive package comprising of document consultation (FCOM and/or MEL) and of performance computation (Takeoff, Landing, Weight & Balance, Flight). Each module may be present or not depending on the operator‘s choice.
The user interface of the Less Paper in the Cockpit . Weight & Balance module (termed as LPCWBU in the following) uses the data exclusively defined by the administrator. Indeed, the LPCWB package is delivered as an empty shell and the administrator has to feed the LPCWB environment with the fleet‘s weight and balance data (aircraft main characteristics, fuel tanks data…) as well as the operational data (influence of passengers and cargo loading on the CG - operational envelopes). The administrator defines also the general layout and operations of the user interface as this latter is very flexible and can be adapted to the airline's type of operations. To complete these tasks, the administrator uses the dedicated functions of the administrator interface namely LPCA and in addition can optionally use comprehensive data files produced the LTS software.
With the LPCWBU interface, pilots define the configuration of the flight, load the aircraft with passengers, cargo and fuel and distribute the payload in the cabin and in the holds. Various checks are performed throughout the data entry process and at the end, pilot gets results graphically and numerically.
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