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.