Units

Europe uses the Metric system of units which may be unfamiliar to US pilots. Please use the following converters to change Metric units to Imperial units. This is a temporary page; we are in the process of preparing all our documents in Imperial units. Please be patient with us!

English unit	SI unit	Recalculation	Fill in whatever field...	Notes
cuft	m3	1 cuft = 0.028317 m3	m3=cuft	Volume of the envelope
		1 m3 = 35.314 cuft
in	cm	1 in = 2.54 cm	cm=inch	Basket dimensions
		1 cm = 0.394 in
in	mm	1 in = 25.4 mm	mm=inch	Drawings
		1 mm = 0.0394 in
ft	m	1 ft = 0.3048 m	m=ft	Basket dimensions
		1 m = 3.281 ft
sqft	m2	1 sqft = 0.0929 m	m2=sqft	Basket floor area
		1 m2 = 10.7639 sqft
yd	m	1 yd = 0.9144 m	m=yd	Length of fabric, wires
		1 m = 1.094 yd
US gal	l	1 US gal = 3.785 l	l = US gal	Volume of fuel tanks
		1 l = 0.264 US gal
pound	kg	1 lb = 0.454 kg	kg=lb	Weight
		1 kg = 2.203 lb
°F	°C	°F = 9*°C/5 + 32	°C=°F	Temperature in the envelope
		°C = (°F-32)*5/9
psi	kPa	1 psi = 6.895 kPa	kPa=psi	Pressure
		1 kPa = 0.145 psi
BTU/hr	MW	BTU/hr = 0.000000293 MW	MW=mio BTU/hr	Power of burner
		1 MW = 3412969 BTU/hr
ft/min	m/s	1 ft/min = 0.00508 m/s	m/s=ft/min	Speed of climbing/descending
		1 m/s = 196.85 ft/min