iBal Fixed1.36 - App Store

iBal Fixed is a dedicated Fixed-Wing aircraft weight and balance app for iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Designed from the ground up for professional and private pilots, it
provides for quick and easy entry of loads and checks against type-specific weight, longitudinal CG limits, load station limits etc. Graphical
displays, mission and manifest sent by email and much more.

Online information, help and discussion at
http://groups.google.com/group/ibal-help
http://www.airspayce.com/airspayce/ibal

Quick Reference Sheet
http://www.airspayce.com/iBal/ReferenceSheet.pdf

Features:

Many types supported:
See http://www.airspayce.com/airspayce/ibal/ibal-fixed-types-supported for detailed list of supported types and configurations.

Cessna 172 (most models except 172R) landplane, normal category.
Cessna 182 (most models) landplane, normal category.
Cessna 206 (most models) landplane, normal category.
Cessna 208 models with flexible seating:
Caravan I in landplane and floatplane, with Wipaire upgross
Grand Caravan landplane, with and without APE I, II, II payload extender
Caravan EX with TKS deice
Piper PA-28 (most models) landplane, normal category.

Add any number of your own aircraft, including preconfigured loads and photos of your own aircraft.

Send completed CG Solutions (including manifest) and CG graphs to any email address (internet connection required)

Configurable Name, BEW, longitudinal arms and photo for your own aircraft (from camera or photo roll where supported).

Easy entry and adjustment of passengers, fuel, cargo and suspended loads.

Displays CG for loaded and empty fuel, critical fuel loads with and without any suspended load.

Detects and displays weight and longitudinal CG problems. Displays
available load until limits will be exceeded.

Displays weights, arms and CG solutions in graphical and tabular formats, with problem alerts.

Support for optional Passenger names and Flight Details which appear on the CG solution spreadsheet and are transmitted when Send tapped. This supports new FAA rules requiring FAR Part 135 (Air Taxi) Operators to manifest every flight stage and for it to be transmitted back to base.

Support for Predefined Loads: user definable list of commonly carried loads and their weights. Useful for EMS staff lists, oil rig personnel lists, common cargo items etc. List of predefined loads can be accessed from the load edit page to automatically enter the weight and description. The list can be customised to include any number of your own personnel names or freight descriptions plus the weight of each. Predefined loads can be added or removed from your list at any time, and will not be lost when you update iBal.

Loads can be entered in your choice of suitable unit: kg, lbs, USGals, litres,stones (also fuel % in applicable types).

Supports iPhone gestures:
Drag passengers and cargo between stations
Flick cargo and passengers off
Zoom and scroll floorplans, graphs and load sheets

Aircraft-specific Custom Load Stations, allowing you to add new or
non-standard loading positions to your own aircraft.

Displays helpful loading data, limits and hints.

Optional Alert sounds and vibration for bad solutions for easy in-flight use.

Configurable fuel SGs

Supports Apple AirPrint, Retina, iOS 5 and later on iPhone, iPad, etc.

Works with Aeronet http://www.aeronet.co.nz/ a world class maintenance, flight and duty tracking system. Allows operators to automatically update their Aeronet records with the flight details emailed by iBal. Reduces the time and cost of records compliance.

Version History - Updated to use iOS SDK 26.0 per Apple requirements
- On the Edit Aircraft page, fixed a problem that would sometimes prevent the ability to edit certain items
if a Lateral Arm was not required (Internal: due to reused table cells)
- Added support for Cessna 185 in several variants: "Cessna 185, 185A, B, C, D", "Cessna 185E, A185E" and "Cessna A185F",
including 5 optional seating/cargo layouts and optional fuel tank types.
- Added variant "Cessna 208B Clear Deck" with all seats removed, ready to customise.
- Fixed an error with weight calculations for Firefighting Foam tanks
- Improvements to handling of Jettisonable loads: Loads such as firefighting water, that can be loaded and unloaded in flight are
handled in the same way as Suspended loads: they are shown (summed with the suspended loads) on a seperate line in the Longitudinal
and Lateral pages, and individually listed under "Suspended/Jettisonable Loads" section on the Data page.
Loads like Firefighting foam that are loaded pre-flight, but can be expended or jettisoned in flight are accounted for in the same way as
fuel and appear in the main line in the Longitudinal and Lateral pages, and individually listed in the "All Up"
section of the Data page.
- Custom load stations can now be set as "Jettisonable" and/or "Inflight loadable". 1.36 Aug 4 - Added support for "Cessna 172P 180HP" "With Increased GW and Integral tanks per STC SA-703-GL. Normal
category"
- Improvements to load dragging behaviour on recent iMacs, where the drag might start even before moving the mouse. 1.35 Feb 24 - Fixed a problem where Add Photo on the Edit Aircraft page had no options to choose from.
- Cessna 337G modified to cover all 337G and T337G variants, with comments on fuel tank capacity and
mid seats at forward limit. 1.34 09/24/2025 - Fixed a problem with adding a photo on some recent iPads 1.33 07/21/2025 - Added Vans RV-6" and "Vans RV-6 Aerobatic" types. 1.32 07/16/2025 - Updated for SDK18.0
- Added support for Cessna 170, 170A, 170B 1.31 04/28/2025 - Altered colour of text at the top iof the Load page to be more easily readable in Dark Mode.
- Added diagnostics concerning possible missing attachments when sharing aircraft definitions via some mailers.
- Sharing aircraft definitions by email now includes a descriptive subject that gives the aircraft identifier.
- Added Cessna 172M Long Range Tanks variant with 52 usg tanks (48 usable) 1.30 02/13/2025 - Edit Aircraft page replaced "Send" button with standard Apple Share icon.
- Edit Aircraft Share button now supports Airdrop, Mail, Files etc.
- Fixed a problem where importing an aircraft that has a custom photo that does not exist on that device
would result in no image shown. Now shows the default aircraft image. 1.29 07/07/2024 - Removed 170lb seat limits in new Grumman GA-7 Cougar support 1.28 01/03/2024 - Added Grumman GA-7 Cougar, normal category. 1.27 12/14/2023 - Added Cessna 310R with 63 usg Aux tanks and wing locker tanks.
- Added disclaimer to first page hint on first startup.
- Added guidance in Aircraft Edit hint to encourage entry of the correct type, weight and arms. 1.26 11/22/2023 - Fixed some issues with the size and placement of the Share (Email, Print, Save) dialog on the Data page on iPad. 1.25 09/27/2023 - Added support for Cessna T210N 1.24 07/06/2023 - Adjust position of PIC Signature popup to prevent accidental interference with system pulldowns.
- Added Support for Piper Navajo PA-31-325 8 seats including Nacelle tanks and Gross Weight Increase. 1.23 03/04/2023 - Fixed an error in the new C337 Cargo Pod CG position. 1.22 11/30/2022 - Fixed an error in the new C337 CG envelope 1.21 11/15/2022 - Added MaxTOW entry in summary data at bottom of Data page to comply with FAA Part 135 operations
135.63(c)(3): "The maximum allowable takeoff weight for that flight;"
- Reorganised Print and Send on the Data page: there is now a single Share button at top right that
allows yo5 to Email, Print or Save.
Save will save the solution as a PDF and the flight details as an XML on your device.
You can see previously saved solutions with the Apple Files App.
- Added Cessna 337G- Added MaxTOW entry in summary data at bottom of Data page to comply with FAA Part 135 operations
135.63(c)(3): "The maximum allowable takeoff weight for that flight;"
- Reorganised Print and Send on the Data page: there is now a single Share button at top right that
allows yo5 to Email, Print or Save.
Save will save the solution as a PDF and the flight details as an XML on your device.
You can see previously saved solutions with the Apple Files App.
- Added Cessna 337G 1.20 11/13/2022 - Added support for Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter: Standard and Ski variants, 644 l tank. 1.19 06/28/2022 - Added new variant "Cessna 206H, T206H late Flint Tip Tanks" supporting Flint Wingtip tanks
per STC SA4366WE with 3800lbs MTOW 1.18 06/03/2020 - Print button now labelled 'Print' to conform with UI guidelines.
- Further improvements to Dark Mode colours to improve readability 1.17 02/10/2020 - Improvements to colour schemes for use in Dark Mode 1.16 01/22/2020 - Now runs on Mac OSX Catalina 1.15 01/12/2020 - Removed unnecessary Landing Limit and added Ramp limit from 2 custom DHC-6 types fitted
with Wipaire Amphibious Floats.
- Fixed some incorrect behaviour with dragging loads on the Load
page. In some cases the load would be dropped instead of moved or
swapped. 1.14 11/18/2019 - Added support for Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain in both 7 seat club and 10 seat commuter variants
- Improved system for quickly removing loads: previously a flick gesture caused the load to be zeroed.
Now if you drag the load far enough away from the original load item, (but not over another load item),
and drop it, the load will be zeroed. 1.13 10/23/2019 - Added support for Cessna 182Q with long range tanks.
- Corrected fuel tank arm for types "Cessna R182" "Cessna 182S" "Cessna 182T, T182T" to 46.5" per
FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 3A13.
- Added Wipaire amphibious floats with more restrictive CG limits to 2 custom DHC-6 types. 1.12 08/01/2019