AC 23-8C

Advisory circular · Flight Test Guide For Certification of Part 23 Airplanes

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November 16, 2011
Last reviewed
July 5, 2017
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AC23-8B
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AC 23-8 · 3 versions
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Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed October 23, 2026.

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STALLING SPEED AS A FUNCTION OF ANGLE OF BANK - 11/16/2011 160 Figure A7-8 - Stalling Speed as a Function of Angle of Bank OI-LV STALL SPEED - 0° ANGLE OF BANK

STALLING SPEED AS A

FUNCTION OF ANGLE

OF BANK - B 70 VSTALLO = VSTALL AT O v cos e 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 STALL SPEED AT BANK ANGLE P Appendix 7

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Appendıx 7 Figure A7-9 - Vectoral Acceleration Versus Angle of Bank 31653 VECTORIAL ACCELERATION VERSUS ANGLE OF BANK 8 = = cOs cos D WHERE B = ANGLE OF BANK 30 BANK ANGLE - DEGREES

3.0 A7-11

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102/9/11 AC 23-8C Appendix 7 Figure A7-10 14% 8° 12% 6°105 95 5° 8.0% 7.0% 4° 6.0% 5.55 3° 008 5.0%

4.5% 002

4.0%

3.5% RATE OF CLIMB - feet/min 13.0%

2.5% | 2.0% 300 1*

11.55 200

1.0% 100

- 0.5% 60 80 100 120. 140 160 FLIGHT PATH VELOCITY - knots (TAS) A7-12

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Appendix 7 Figure A7-10 (continued)

4.0% 1.5% 2°

3.0% 800 700 = 2.5% 600

2.0% RATE OF CLIMB - feet/min 5000 400 CLIMB GRADIENT ANGLE OF CLIMB 1.5% 300

1.0% 200

0.5% 100 0160 180 200 220 240 260 280 FLIGHT PATH VELOCITY - knots (TAS) A7-13

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Appendix 7 Figure A7-11 - Takeoff and Landing Crosswind Component Chart

TAKEOFF AND LANDING CROSSWIND COMPONENT

FLIGHT PATH

RUNWAY CENTERLINE 60 0° 10° 20' 50 30° WIND 40° - VELOC HEADWIND COMPONENT ~ KNOTS 50° ANGLE, DEGREES * 60° WIND 70° 80° 90° -10 100° = 180° 160 150° - 140°1 H· 130° • 120° • 110° -20 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 CROSSWIND COMPONENT ~ KNOTS A7-14

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Appendix 8 Appendix 8. Conversion Factors Table LENGTH Multiply By To Obtain Centimetres 0.3937 Inches

0.03281 Feet .01 Meters Kilometres 3281 Feet

0.6214 Miles

0.5399 Nautical Miles 1093.6 Yards Meters 39.37 Inches

3.281 Feet

1.0936 Yards Statute Miles 5280 Feet

0.8690 Nautical Miles 1760 Yards Nautical Miles 6076.1 Feet

1.1508 Statute Miles WEIGHT Multiply By To Obtain Grams 0.03527 Ounces (advp)

0.002205 Pounds (advp) 1000 Milligrams

0.001 Kilograms Kilograms 2.205 Pounds (advp)

35.27 Ounces (advp) 1000 Grams Pounds (advp) 7000 Grains

16.0 Ounces

1.215 Pounds (troy) A8-1

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Appendix 8 VOLUME Multiply By To Obtain Cubic Centimetres -310 Litres

0.0610 Cubic Inches Cubic Feet 28317 Cubic Centimeters 1728 Cubic Inches

0.03704 Cubic Yards

7.4805 Gallons (U.S.)

28.32 Litres Cubic Inches -34.329 x 10 Gallons (U.S.)

0.01732 Quarts (U.S.)

0.0164 Litres Cubic Meters 61023 Cubic Inches

35.31 Cubic Feet

264.17 Gallons (U.S.)

1.308 Cubic Yards Gallons Imperial 277.4 Cubic Inches

1.201 Gallons (U.S.)

4.546 Litres Gallons, U.S. 231 Cubic Inches

0.1337 Cubic Feet

3.785 Litres

0.8327 Imperial Gallons 128 Fluid Ounces Fluid Ounces 29.59 Cubic Centimeters

1.805 Cubic Inches Litres 61.02 Cubic Inches

0.2642 Gallons (U.S.)

1.057 Quarts (U.S.)

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Appendix 8 AREA Multiply By To Obtain Square Centimetres 0.1550 Square Inches

0.001076 Square Feet Square Feet 144 Square Inches

0.1111 Square Yards Square Inches 645.16 Square Millimeters Square Kilometres 0.3861 Square Statute Miles Square Meters 10.76 Square Feet

1.196 Square Yards Square Statute Miles 2.590 Square Kilometers A8-3

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Appendix 8

VELOCITY Multiply By To Obtain Feet per Minute 0.01136 Miles Per Hour

0.01829 Kilometers Per Hour

0.5080 Centimeters Per Second

0.01667 Feet Per Second Feet Per Second 0.6818 Miles Per Hour

1.097 Kilometers Per Hour

30.48 Centimeters Per Second

0.3048 Meters Per Second

0.5921 Knots Knots 1.0 Nautical Miles Per Hour

1.6878 Feet Per Second

1.1508 Miles Per Hour

1.852 Kilometers Per hour

0.5148 Meters Per Second Meters Per Second 3.281 Feet Per Second

2.237 Miles Per Hour

3.600 Kilometers Per Hour Miles Per Hour 1.467 Feet Per Second

0.4470 Meters Per Second

1.609 Kilometers Per Hour

0.8690 Knots Radians Per Second 57.296 Degrees Per Second

0.1592 Revolutions Per Second

9.549 Revolutions Per Minute A8-4

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Appendix 8

PRESSURE POWER Multiply By To Obtain Atmospheres 29.921 Inches of Mercury

14.696 Pounds Per Square Inch 2116.2 Pounds Per Square Foot Inches of Mercury 0.03342 Atmospheres

0.4912 Pounds Per Square Inch

70.727 Pounds Per Square Foot Inches of Water 0.00246 Atmospheres (at 4C) 0.07355 Inches of Mercury

0.03613 Pounds Per Square Inch

5.204 Pounds Per square Foot Pounds Per Square Inch 6.895 Kilo Pascals Multiply By To Obtain BTU Per Minute 12.96 Foot Pounds Per Second

0.02356 Horsepower Horsepower 33000 Foot Pounds Per Minute 550 Foot Pounds Per Second

0.7457 Kilowatts TEMPERATURE Degrees Kelvin = Degrees Celsius Plus 273.2 Degrees Rankine = Degrees Fahrenheit Plus 459.7 Multiply By To Obtain Fahrenheit 5/9 (F-32) Celsius Celsius 9/5 C+32 Fahrenheit A8-5

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Appendix 8

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT FORCE Multiply By To Obtain Degrees -21.745 x 10 Radians Radians 57.3 Degrees Multiply By To Obtain Pounds 4.448 Newtons A8-6

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Appendix 9 Appendix 9. Airspeed Calibrations Introduction The airspeed and altimeter systems on an aircraft depend upon accurate measurements of ambient static pressure and total pitot pressure. Static and pitot pressures are sensed by the pitot static tube, which gives true readings in an undisturbed freestream when aligned with the flow streamlines; however, when attached to the aircraft, which generates a pressure when flying, the pitot and the static reading will be affected by the aircraft pressure field and the flow angularity. The errors, caused by the pressure field and by flow angularity are called position errors due to the sign and magnitude of the errors, which are a function of the position of the pitot-static probe on the aircraft. The position errors are a function of aircraft angle of attack and Mach number and are determined from flight test.

In this text, corrections are used rather than errors. Normally, errors are subtracted and corrections are added with the result that the position error corrections (PEC) are added to the aircraft pitot-static data to get the ambient conditions of static and pitot pressures. The ambient static pressure is defined as PSref and the ambient pitot pressure is defined as PPref. The position error correction of the static source PS is defined as P  P  PS Sref SA / C and PP the position error correction for the pitot pressure is defined as P  P  Pp Pr ef PA / C The total position error correction for a pitot static system to be used for an airspeed system is Pd where Pd  PP PS General Discussion of the Various Flight Test Techniques Each of the flight test techniques (FTT's) that are described in this appendix have certain limitations and instrumentation accuracy criteria that must be considered prior to selecting a flight test technique.

The trailing bomb method only calibrates the aircraft static source. The bomb must be stable when flying below and behind the aircraft, any oscillations will make the reference static pressure invalid. At high speeds the bomb tends to rise up into the wake of the aircraft, which causes bomb oscillations; therefore, the trailing bomb has an upper airspeed limit. The trailing bomb is useful for most speeds up to approximately 200 knots and is particularly useful for helicopters. In addition, the trai ling bomb can also be used down to stall speeds. The trailing bomb deployed behind and below helicopters tends to keep the bomb and the attaching tube clear of the tail rotor; however, care must be taken when expanding the speed envelope.

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