Thread: Unit used to measure ARM in Airlines
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Old 01-11-2013 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by SongMan
"INCH" is the unit usually used to measure ARM in a weight and balance calculation. However airlines with it's longer planes, "inch" would cause the arm numbers to be too great.

Having said, what unit of measurement do Airlines use to measure ARM in a W&B???

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It's still inches. Moments, however, are normally divided by a constant and then called "Moment Index". This simplifies weight and balance computations where the numbers would otherwise become really big.
Last edited by OSAVIP; 01-11-2013 at 09:01 PM. Reason: typo
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