Piper COMANCHE PA-24-180 Service Manual page 47

PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
FIGURE 2-9. JACKING ARRANGEMENTS
2-11. Jaidng. The airplane is provided with a jack pad on ach muin spar jus outboard of the main
landing gear and suppon poition by making use of the til skid. (Refer to Figure 2-9.) To jack the airplane,
proceed as follows:
a
Place the jacks under the jack pads.
b. Arch the rail upport to the til skid. Place approximately 400 pounds of bellas on the support
co hold the rail down.
CA UTON
Be sure to apply sufficient tal suppor ballast: oherwise the airplane
will ip forward and fall on the fuselage nose section.
c. Raise the jacks evenly untl all three wheels clear che floor.
2-12. Weighing. (Refer to Figure 2-10.)
a. Block the main gear oleo sruts in there fully extended position and the nose gear ac 2.50 inches
extension. Infate all tires to the required pressures. (Refer to Table 11-1.)
b. Place the aircarft on three individual scales by posiioning a ramp of the same height s the scales
being used in front of each landing gear wheel. Position the seales m front of the ramps and cow the aircraft
onto the scales. (Refer co Paragraph 2-17 for rowing procedures.) Remove the ramps so they will not
interfere with the scales. Level the aircraft per insrucrions given m Paragraph 2-13.
c. Proceed to weigh the aircraft in accordance with mnsr cuons given in manual AC 43.13-lA.
HANDLING AND SERVICING
REVISED: 4/3/78
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