Questions tagged [weight-and-balance]
Weight-and-balance is determining that an aircraft is loaded within the limits of it's weight carrying capability and that the center of gravity is within the operational envelopes of the aircraft.
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Had there ever been an commercial jet aircraft accident caused solely by too many passengers?
I've been researching on a rather weird but interesting subject: had there ever been a plane crash or other accident that was caused solely by too much people crowded into an aircraft (not cargo, but ...
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Why aircraft don't have integrated scale? [duplicate]
There have been some accidents due to wrong weight calculations that ended in fatalities, both in comercial and private aviation.
Besides this, though it is a simple task on the pilot's flight check ...
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CG limits of Piper Pawnee?
In looking at a Piper Pawnee I found in the cockpit most of the expected documents, including a POH and a signed-by-A&P weight and balance sheet for that particular aircraft. The POH lists the max ...
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How to balance the main rotor of helicopter?
In mi17 class helicopters, the OEM had not given an option of adding weights at main rotor hub or blade tips at unit level. The blade sets are usually static balanced when received by units. Is there ...
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What is more correct: Mass or Weight and Balance?
When referring to mass and balance calculations, is it better to refer to mass or weight and balance. Or does it even matter? Are both okay?
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Three-blade propeller balancing
I'm balancing a three-blade propeller. The propellers weigh exactly the same to the 10th of a gram. When I place it on shaft with a very sensitive wheel bearing, one of the blades always moved ...
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What can happen if everyone congregates at the back of a parked plane? [duplicate]
On a recent flight on an A320, after landing, when parked up at the gate, the cabin crew announced something along the lines of "Stairs will be at the front, please do not congregate at the back ...
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Can passengers boarding back first tip back an airplane? [duplicate]
I came across this image and don't have any details nor do I know the exact reason, but it made me ask myself if passengers boarding to the back first can tip back an airplane?
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TEB-NAS Midsize Jet max weight
We have hours with Sentient Jet and typically fly their Midsize jets -- Hawker 800, Citation XLS, Lear 60 etc. Usually only the XLS will work for us due to large luggage.
Can someone help with me with ...
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Determining Required Fuel from Payload/Range Diagram
I would like to determine the amount of fuel required for a flight at a given range/payload combination - ideally from the payload/range-diagram [1] of the corresponding aircraft alone.
I know that ...
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Why do pilots have to calculate their center of gravity? Couldn't this simply be measured?
I was watching Air Disasters, and one of the root causes of that episode's particular crash was due to the pilots underestimating their payload weight and being improperly trimmed for take-off.
This ...
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What is MZFW and what will happen if an airplane exceeded this weight?
What is MZFW and what will happen if an airplane exceeded this weight?
Is that the wing root experiences the highest bending moment under the loading condition corresponding to Maximum Zero Fuel ...
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Is there a reason why the vertical lines of some airplane envelope graphs are not parallel?
I am working on a project to develop an easy solution for mass and balance generation for my aviation club. (First example below)
I checked the Graph of a PA-44-180 from the POH and wondered why piper ...
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Does the useful load contain taxi fuel?
While doing the “Mass and Balance” subject for the EASA ATPL, I came around two useful load definitions which contradict itself.
The first definition says:
The Useful Load is the total mass of the ...
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How do I interpret these Center of Gravity limits?
In the normal category of my c172, I have a COG range of forward 35.0 aft of datum at 1950lbs or less, with straight line variation to 40.0 inches aft of datum at 2450lbs
The aft range is 47.3 of ...
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