Question

Aircraft weight is the only controllable variable that can be used to ensure that space required for the maneuver doesn’t exceed the space available.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me during an internship interview.

The above asked question is from Fixed-Wing Aircraft topic in chapter Fixed-Wing Aircraft Performance of Aircraft Performance

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) True

Explanation: Aircraft weight is the only controllable variable that can be used to ensure that space required for the maneuver doesn’t exceed the space available. As a rule of aircraft performance the space required for an aircraft to maneuver must be always less than the space available. As a result the aircraft weight much be checked to avoid complications that occur due to space required being more than space available.