Description / Abstract:
Purpose
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) provides the
criteria to be applied in order to determine compatibility with
each other of an air cargo pallet and air cargo pallet net
airworthiness approved under either NAS 3610 [TSO C90c] or AS36100A
[TSO pending] performance and testing requirements.
It is intended to provide air cargo carriers/operators with the
means of determining both the geometric compatibility and the
airworthiness approval compatibility of a given pallet with a given
net, as well as any limitations to their approved maximum rated
capacity resulting from their being used in conjunction with each
other.
Field of Application
This Aerospace Recommended Practice is intended to apply to the
most common airworthiness approved ("certified") air cargo pallets
and nets combinations to be encountered on board civil transport
aircraft.
It applies to all allowable pallet and net combinations where
either the pallet or the net is approved under AS36100A [TSO
pending] performance and testing requirements. It does not apply to
combinations of pallet and net configurations that are only defined
in NAS 3610 [TSO C90c], compatibility of which with each other
shall be determined in accordance with the applicable NAS 3610 Rev.
10 configuration drawing(s).
It does not apply to any non airworthiness approved ("non
certified") pallets or nets, the use of which, where allowable,
shall conform to the relevant provisions of the aircraft
manufacturer's approved Weight and Balance manual for the aircraft
type or sub-type concerned.
It is not intended for use on military aircraft. Nothing,
however, precludes it being used for guidelines in this case, it
pertaining to the military operator to identify and implement any
additional applicable criteria.