Tools
5 calculators and trainers I built for my own revision, mostly because I got tired of interpolating POH tables by hand.
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Mass & Balance Calculator
Piper Warrior & Arrow III
Work a loading sheet for a specific aircraft in the fleet, with ramp, take-off and landing figures plotted against the CG envelope. Exports to PDF.
Open Mass & Balance CalculatorPerformance
TAS Calculator
PA-28-161 Warrior II
True airspeed and RPM at 65% power, best economy mixture, interpolated from the POH cruise table. Includes a wind interpolation between levels.
Open TAS CalculatorPerformance
Arrow MP Calculator
PA-28R-201 Arrow III
Manifold pressure for 65% power at 2,500 RPM, best power mixture, from the POH standard-day power setting table.
Open Arrow MP CalculatorLimitations
Arrow Va Calculator
PA-28R-201 Arrow III
Manoeuvring speed for an actual weight rather than max gross, read off the POH Va vs. weight table.
Open Arrow Va CalculatorInstrument practice
Hold Entry Trainer
Any aircraft
Drill direct, teardrop and parallel holding pattern entries against a heading-up HSI. Randomised scenarios with an explanation after every answer.
Open Hold Entry Trainer
Found something wrong?
These are built from the POH tables for the aircraft I fly, and I do get things wrong. If a figure looks off, tell me and I'll check it against the book.
