APPENDIX A

Conversion

Linear
1 inch
1 foot
1 yd
1 mile
1 mile
1 nm
1 nm

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2.54 cm
30.48 cm
0.9144 m
1.6093 km
5,280 ft
1.852 km
1.1508 mile

Linear
1 cm
1 cm
1m
1 km
1 ft
1 km
1 mile

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0.3937 in
0.0328 ft
1.0936 yd
0.6214 mile
0.000189 mile
0.54 nm
0.869 nm

Area
1 in2
1 ft2
1 ft2
1 yd2
1 mile2

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6.5416 cm2
929.03 cm2
0.092903 m2
0.8361 m2
2.59 km2

Area
1 cm2
1 cm2
1 m2
1 m2
1 km2

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0.155 in2
0.00108 ft2
10.764 ft2
1.196 yd2
0.3861 mile2

Volume
1 in3
1 ft3
1 yd3
1 ft3
1 U.S. gallon
1 U.K. gallon
1 U.S. pint
1 U.K. pint
1 quart

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16.387 cm3
28,316.85 cm3
0.764555 m3
28.317 L
3.7854 L
4.546 L
0.0004732 m3
0.0005683 m3
946.353 cm3

Volume
1 cm3
1 cm3
1 m3
1L
1L
1L
1 m3
1 m3
1 cm3

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0.061 in3
0.0000353 ft3
1.308 yd3
0.0353 ft3
0.2642 U.S. gallon
0.22 U.K. gallon
2,113.376 U.S. pint
1,759.754 U.K. pint
0.001057 quart

Density
1 lb/ft3
1 lb/ft3

= 16.1273 g/m3
= 16.0185 kg/m3

1 kg/m3
1 kg/m3

= 0.06242796 lb/ft3
= 0.06243 lb/ft3

Speed
1 ft/s
1 ft/min
1 mph
1 mph
1 knot
1 knot

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Speed
1 km/hr
1 m/s
1 m/s
1 knot
1 m/s

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Angle
1 deg

= 0.01716 radian

Angle
1 radian

= 57.296 deg

1.0973 km/hr
0.00508 m/s
0.447 m/s
0.869 knots
0.51444 m/s
1.853 km/hr

0.9113 ft/s
196.85 ft/min
2.237 mph
1.151 mph
1.944 knot

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Appendix A
Density
1 lb/in3
1 lb/ft3

= 27.68 g/cm3
= 16.0185 kg/m3

Density
1 g/cm3
1 kg/m3

= 0.03613 lb/in3
= 0.06243 lb/ft3

Mass
1 lb

= 0.454 kg

Mass
1 kg

= 2.2046 lb

Force
1 lb
1 lb
1 oz
1 oz

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4.4482 N
0.454 kg
28.35 gm
0.278 N

Force
1N
1 kg
1 gm
1N

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0.2248 lb
2.2046 lb
0.3527 oz
3.397 oz

Pressure
1 lb/in2
1 lb/ft2
1 lb/in2
1 lb/ft2
1 atm
1 bar

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6,894.76 pascal
44.88 pascal
703.07 kg/m2
4.8824 kg/m2
1,013.25 milibar
14.5 lb/in2

Pressure
1 pascal
1 pascal
1 kg/m2
1 kg/m2
1 milibar
1 atm

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0.000145 lb/in
0.02089 lb/ft2
0.0001422 lb/in2
0.020482 lb/ft2
0.000987 atm
14.7 lb/in2

Energy
1 lb/ft
1 watt-hr
1 lb/ft
1 watt-hr

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1.356 joule
3,600 joule
1.356 joule
0.00134 hp-hr

Energy
1 joule
1 joule
1 joule
1 hp-hr

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0.7376 lb/ft
0.000278 watt-hr
0.7376 lb/ft
745.7 watt-hr

Power
1 hp (550 ft lbf)

= 0.7457 kw

Power
1 kw

= 1.341022 hp

Fuel properties
AVGAS
1 U.S. gallon
1 ft3
AVTUR
1 U.S. gallon (JP4)
1 ft3
AVTUR
1 U.S. gallon (JP5)
1 ft3

= 5.75 lb
= 43 lb
= 6.56 lb
= 48.6 lb
= 7.1 lb
= 53 lb