10.8.2 Aircraft details and loading

An individual aircraft inherits performance and limitation data from its aircraft type, then adds airframe-specific registration, equipment, reserve, empty-weight and filing details.

Add an aircraft

Android Apple Web

Android

1. Open Settings > Aircraft Type Database.
2. Select the aircraft type.
3. Select Add New Aircraft.
4. Enter the aircraft details.
5. Use Back until the aircraft type list appears, then select Save.

Apple

Apple 10.x

1. Open Settings > Aircraft Type Database.
2. Select Add.
3. In Create Aircraft, enter the registration or callsign and select Search by Callsign, or choose Browse All Models.
4. Select the matching model template.
5. Complete the guided Basic, Units, Weights, Aircraft, W&B, Loading, Fuel Tanks, Basic Perf, Photo and Review steps.
6. Select Create Aircraft after reviewing the configuration.

Select Manual Editor when a suitable model template is not available or you need to configure the aircraft directly.

Create Aircraft wizard

Apple 9.x

1. Open Settings > Aircraft Type Database.
2. Open the required aircraft type.
3. Select Add New Aircraft.
4. Enter the aircraft details and defaults.
5. Return to the aircraft type list and select Save Changes when prompted.

Web

1. Open the required aircraft type.
2. Select New Aircraft.
3. Enter the callsign, registration and required defaults.
4. Select Save.

Complete aircraft identity and defaults

Android Apple Web

At minimum, enter the Callsign, Registration and applicable VFR reserve or contingency value. In Australia and New Zealand, the callsign is normally the final three registration letters; enter the full registration without a hyphen in Registration.

Complete the fields that apply to the aircraft and operation, including:

• Colour, Home Base, Hourly Rate and Wet/Dry?
• ICAO Transponder Address
• VFR and IFR final-reserve and contingency values
• default POB and Taxi Fuel
• survival equipment, dinghy, flight-status and default Field 18 remarks.

These are defaults for planning and filing. They can be changed for an individual flight without changing the aircraft record.

Add an aircraft photo

Web

When an aircraft has no photo, AvPlan Web can search several online photo sources using its registration. Results show the source, photographer, licence and whether the aircraft model could be matched. You can search while creating the aircraft or while editing it later.

1. In Add Aircraft, open the Photo step and select Search Sources. To add a photo later, open the individual aircraft under its aircraft type and select Find Online Photo.
2. Check the registration, aircraft model, image, photographer and licence for each result.
3. Select Use This Photo under a reusable image that shows the correct aircraft. When reuse rights or the aircraft model cannot be confirmed, select View source instead.
4. Alternatively, use Choose in the wizard, or Select Image in the editor, to upload an image you are permitted to use.
5. Finish creating the aircraft, or select Save in the editor.

The result card shows the photo source, photographer and licence before you select an online photo.

WARNING

Confirm that the image shows the correct aircraft before saving it. A search result is a possible match, not proof of identity.

Configure weight, balance and loading defaults

Android Apple Web

Use the approved weight report, aircraft flight manual or other approved aircraft data.

1. Enter Basic Empty Weight and Empty Arm for the individual aircraft.
2. Enter Empty Lateral Arm when the approved helicopter data requires it.
3. Add the default station loads and fuel quantities that should be applied when the aircraft is selected.
4. Check the resulting loading calculation before saving.

Android

Edit the aircraft under Settings > Aircraft Type Database, then save from the aircraft type list.

Apple

Apple 10.x

Use the Weights, W&B, Loading and Fuel Tanks steps in Create Aircraft. In the manual editor, return to the aircraft type list and select Save Changes when prompted.

Apple 9.x

Enter Basic Empty Weight, Empty Arm, default station loads and default fuel in the individual aircraft editor. Return to the aircraft type list and select Save Changes when prompted.

Web

Define the type's WNB Envelope, Loading Stations and Fuel Tanks, then enter the individual aircraft's Basic Empty Weight, Empty Arm and default loads. Use Add Point, Add Station, Add Tank and Add Level as required.

Longitudinal and lateral arm fields accept values with up to three decimal places. Check the displayed arm units before saving.

WARNING

Do not use estimated weight-and-balance data for operational planning.

Configure ICAO flight-plan defaults

Android Apple Web

Enter only the equipment fitted to the aircraft and available for the planned operation:

• Operation Type
• Avionics
• Transponder
• Company
• PBN or PBN Codes
• SELCAL (SEL/)
• Other Avionics (NAV/).

Select only one code from each transponder group. Selecting Z under Avionics makes Other Avionics (NAV/) available for applicable additional navigation information.

WARNING

Confirm ICAO equipment and PBN codes against the aircraft installation, operational approvals and current filing requirements.

Copy or delete an aircraft

Android Apple Web

WARNING

Deleting an aircraft type or aircraft cannot be undone. Deleting a type also deletes every aircraft created under it.

Open the required aircraft type or aircraft, then use the available Delete action.

Android

Open Settings > Aircraft Type Database. Open the aircraft type when deleting an individual aircraft, then swipe the required row from right to left and select Delete.

Apple

Open Settings > Aircraft Type Database. Open the aircraft type when deleting an individual aircraft, then swipe the required row from right to left and select Delete. An aircraft can also be removed from the Select Callsign menu.

Apple 9.x

Web

Open the aircraft under its type. Select Copy to duplicate it or Delete to remove it.

Use separate aircraft records under one type when airframes share type performance data but have different registrations, empty weights, equipment or filing defaults.