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• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. 3-2
  Chapter 3: Weighing the Aircraft and Determining the Empty Weight Center of Gravity › Requirements

  limits, and any loading that places the CG outside the established limits seriously impairs controllability of the aircraft. Weight and balance is of such vital importance that each Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificated mechanic or repairman maintaining an aircraft must ... responsible for knowing the weight of the load, CG, maximum allowable weight, and CG limits of the aircraft. The weight and balance report must include an equipment list showing weights and moment arms of all required and optional items…

• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. 4-2
  Chapter 4: Light Sport Aircraft Weight and Balance Control › Weight and Balance

  individuals holding a Repairman: Light Sport certificate, and (in some cases) by their pilots and/or owners. Weight and Balance Aircraft such as balloons, powered parachutes, and WSC do not require weight and balance computations because the load is suspended below ... difficult to exceed CG limits in these aircraft, pilots should never overload an aircraft, as doing so may cause structural damage and/or failures. Weight affects performance; therefore, pilots should calculate weight and remain within the manufacturer’s established limits…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 10-10
  Chapter 10: Weight and Balance › Determining Loaded Weight and CG › Weight Shifting

  compartments, weight may be shifted from one to the other to change the CG. If starting with a known aircraft weight, CG, and total moments, calculate the new CG (after the weight shift) by dividing the new total moments ... total aircraft weight. Figure 10-10. Sample weight and balance using a negative. Figure 10-11. Sample weight and balance using an aircraft with a published zero fuel weight…

• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. 4-4
  Chapter 4: Light Sport Aircraft Weight and Balance Control › Weight and Balance Computations (Amateur-Built Aircraft)

  Weight and Balance Computations (Amateur-Built Aircraft) A good weight and balance calculation is the keystone of flight testing an amateur-built aircraft. Accurately determining the aircraft’s takeoff weight and ensuring that the CG is within the aircraft ... datum). The hang point position range may be used on the applicable wings for the entire weight range of the aircraft. CG limits on the trike base/gondola section of the aircraft limits are not critical. The defined hang point position…

• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. 4-3
  Chapter 4: Light Sport Aircraft Weight and Balance Control › Weight and Balance › WSC Aircraft

  seats, the weight of the passenger. The trike acts somewhat like a single, main-rotor helicopter because the weight of the aircraft hangs like a pendulum under the wing. Figure 4-2 shows a two-place trike, in which ... nose strut come together slightly below the wing attach point. When the trike is in flight, the weight of the aircraft hangs from the wing attach point. The weight of the engine and fuel is behind this point, the passenger…

• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. 9-5
  Chapter 9: Weight and Balance Control— Commuter Category and Large Aircraft › Operational Empty Weight (OEW) › Fleet Operating Empty Weights (FOEW)

  each aircraft is within the limits stated above for establishment of OEW. When the cumulative changes to an aircraft weight and balance log exceed the weight or CG limits for the established fleetweight, the empty weight for that aircraft should ... OBAWS) that, when the aircraft is on the ground, gives the flight crew a continuous indication of the aircraft total weight and the location of the CG in percent MAC. Procedures are required to ensure the onboard weight and balance…