AggieMike88
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Does anyone have a spreadsheet for calculating the take off performance info for a PA-28-161?
The FBO I'm renting from (a flight school) requires that all renters turn in a dispatch sheet to obtain the keys. Take off and landing distances are part of the data I'm required to fill out.
Currently I'm still using the chart from the copy of the FIM I purchased (but verified it's the same as the aircraft's POH). This is the one where you start with the OAT, then go up to the diagonal altitude lines, then go right to the reference line, follow downward along the takeoff weight line, then the headwind line, then get the answer on the far right showing epxected takeoff for no obstacle, or 50-foot obstacle. And then there is a similar chart for landing performance.
I'm thinking that having the spreadsheet would be much faster and a bit more accurate. I already have a sheet that takes the weather info and does the altitude, wind, and W&B calculations. I'd like to add the Take Off and Landing performance so that I can just plug in the METAR data and the sheet does all the "work" for me.
If you don't have one for the Piper, but another aircraft that I can follow along and then modify, that works too.
The FBO I'm renting from (a flight school) requires that all renters turn in a dispatch sheet to obtain the keys. Take off and landing distances are part of the data I'm required to fill out.
Currently I'm still using the chart from the copy of the FIM I purchased (but verified it's the same as the aircraft's POH). This is the one where you start with the OAT, then go up to the diagonal altitude lines, then go right to the reference line, follow downward along the takeoff weight line, then the headwind line, then get the answer on the far right showing epxected takeoff for no obstacle, or 50-foot obstacle. And then there is a similar chart for landing performance.
I'm thinking that having the spreadsheet would be much faster and a bit more accurate. I already have a sheet that takes the weather info and does the altitude, wind, and W&B calculations. I'd like to add the Take Off and Landing performance so that I can just plug in the METAR data and the sheet does all the "work" for me.
If you don't have one for the Piper, but another aircraft that I can follow along and then modify, that works too.