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• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 6-4
  Chapter 6: Weight and Balance › Weight and Balance Calculations

  Weight and Balance Calculations When determining whether a helicopter is properly loaded, two questions must be answered: 1. Is the gross weight less than or equal to the maximum allowable gross weight? 2. Is the CG within the allowable ... including all loading configurations that may be encountered? To answer the first question, just add the weight of the items comprising the useful load (pilot, passengers, fuel, oil [if applicable] cargo, and baggage) to the basic empty weight…

• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. 9-2
  Chapter 9: Weight and Balance Control— Commuter Category and Large Aircraft › Establishing the Initial Weight of an Aircraft

  cleaned. Ensure that the aircraft is in a configuration for weighing with regard to flightcontrols, unusable fuel, ballast, oil and other operating fluids, and equipment as required by the controlling weight and balance procedure. Large aircraft are not usually raised ... recognized facility, such as a civil department of weights and measures. If no manufacturer’s schedule is available, the period between calibrations should not exceed 12 months. Determining the Empty Weight and Empty Weight CG (EWCG) When the aircraft…

• Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Generalp. 6-4
  Chapter 6: Aircraft Weight & Balance › Weight & Balance Terminology › Empty Weight

  Empty Weight The empty weight of an aircraft includes all operating equipment that has a fixed location and is actually installed in the aircraft. It includes the weight of the airframe, powerplant, required equipment, optional or special equipment, fixed ballast ... they are trapped in the fuel lines, oil lines, and tanks. They must be included in the aircraft’s empty weight. For most aircraft certified after 1978, the full capacity of the engine oil system is also included…