11.3 Fuselage seats & Cargo Loading

Question 1

How are seats installed into the cabin ?

Answer 1

Via quick release fasteners on longitudinal seat tracks

Question 2

How are seat tracks connected to the floor boards ?

Answer 2

Bolted or riveted

Question 3

Other than seats, what else can seat tracks secure ?

Answer 3

Cabin partitions such as galley installations

Question 4

Why might an aircraft need seat tracks ?

Answer 4

To easily rearrange seats and service them

Question 5

What are used to prevent rattling of the fittings on seats ?

Answer 5

Threaded fasteners so that portions are forced into tight frictional contact with a part of the seat track

Question 6

How is cargo manoeuvred through the cargo bay ?

Answer 6

Using tracks, rollers and power drive units

Question 7

Where are seat track fasteners also used ?

Answer 7

In the cargo bay and are used as quick release fasteners for webbing nets that stop cargo from shifting

Question 8

What are the components of a cargo loading system ?

Answer 8

-Transport components:
Ball mats, ball trays ,roller rails and door sill
protectors
-Guidance components:
Guide rails, centreline splitters + restraints
Door guides, protection guides and
Overridable centre guides
-restraining and locking components:
Cargo locks, outbound + centreline restraints
Forward and aft end stops

Question 9

What does the ball-mat area allow ?

Answer 9

Allows the ULD to move in any direction

Question 10

When a power drive unit is installed on a ball-mat, what must it be able to do ?

Answer 10

Must be Able to transport In any direction

Question 11

When an anti-roll-out device is hit from the outboard of an aircraft, what should happen?

Answer 11

The ARO will automatically retract. Once the ULD is inside, the ARO will come back up again

Question 12

When unloading cargo, what should be done to the anti-roll-out device?

Answer 12

The ARO will have to be lowered manually

Question 13

Before closing the cargo door, what must be done to the anti-roll-out device ?

Answer 13

It must be retracted and stowed between the cargo door and the ULD’s

Question 14

When the powered tyre rollers in the cargo bay are selected, what happens ?

Answer 14

They rise up from sunken housings in the floor and rotate, used to steer the ULD’s into the required position

Question 15

What can be used to restrain ULD’s?

Answer 15

Load stops, stop locks and lip guides

Question 16

If an aircraft has a powered cargo compartment, where is the control stick located ?

Answer 16

On a panel at the cargo entrance area

Question 17

When will a loading system gain power?

Answer 17

When the cargo door is fully open, electrical power is available and the control panel is selected “on”