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Helicopter W&B setup

Helicopter weight and balance and performance setup (from your own flight manual)

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About this document

What it is

A weight and balance and performance setup for your helicopters, built only from your own rotorcraft flight manual and supplements, supporting 14 CFR 91.9 and 135.185.

Who needs it

Part 91, 135 (including air ambulance) and 133 helicopter operators setting up loading and performance forms for their fleet.

What you get

  • Limits transcribed from your rotorcraft flight manual
  • Loading procedure and loading form
  • Performance planning procedure
  • Weighing, manifest and records procedures, for your internal use (not sent to the FAA)

What's included

For helicopters. Operators: 91;135;135 HAA;133.

See the format of our documents, shown as specimens for a fictitious operator.

Read the Helicopter W&B setup guide When you need it, what the FSDO checks and common reasons submissions are returned.

How it works

You provide

Answers and records

A short intake about your aircraft and operation, then the records we list for you. Tell us who holds them (your maintenance provider, DO or management company) and we request them directly, with a secure upload link, and follow up for you.

We do

A specialist prepares everything

A named specialist prepares the complete package from your records, checks it against the published requirements, and sends you a proof. Questions go to one person who knows your file.

You pay

Flat fee, in two parts

One fixed price, shown before you pay anything. A 50% deposit starts the work; the balance is due only when you approve the finished documents.

Flat fee $1,425. You see your order total before you pay anything.

You confirm your order at its flat fee, then a 50% deposit starts the work. The remaining 50% is due only when you approve the finished documents. The deposit is refundable before work starts.

Per-operator one-time package. Uses only the customer's own RFM. No manufacturer content is shown or hosted. Not a substitute for the approved RFM.

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