weight and balance

Weight
Balance
FAA AIM / FAR
Center of gravity
empty weight
empty moment
mean aerodynamic chord
Passengers
Baggage load
Fuel

• AvGas
• Jet A

performance data
weight / arm
That’s engineering

• gravity – the force of attraction between two objects. Because the Earth has a big mass, it attracts objects to it. This is what makes objects ‘fall’ downwards.

Engineering ideas

• weight, center of gravity, balance, graph, mean aerodynamic chord, ballast, load sheet, fuel, passengers, baggage, shift

Learn more…

• AOPA – Weighing in on weight-and-balance apps – reviews of several apps. These are not endorsements of any app. also.., and…