This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) is intended to recommend:

a

uniform criteria for determination of wind loads that aircraft ground support equipment can encounter and yet allow personnel to work safely,

b

uniform systems for maintaining stability (i.e., stabilizers, outriggers, spring lockout devices),

c

standardization of specific types of interlock systems and actuation systems,

d

a standard formula with its associated design criteria for calculating the steady-state wind stability (i.e., tip point) for aircraft ground support equipment,

e

a standard method for testing these systems.