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• Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Generalp. 6-1
  Chapter 6: Aircraft Weight & Balance › Requirements for Aircraft Weighing

  which requires additional engine power and therefore additional fuel flow to maintain airspeed. The most efficient condition for an aircraft is to have the point where it balances fall close to, or exactly at, the aircraft’s center of lift ... this were the case, little or no flight control force would be needed to keep the aircraft flying straight and level. In terms of stability and safety, however, this perfectly balanced condition might not be desirable. All factors that affect…

• Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Generalp. 6-6
  Chapter 6: Aircraft Weight & Balance › Procedures for Weighing an Aircraft › Weight and Balance Data

  Weight and Balance Data Before an aircraft can be properly weighed and its EWCG computed, certain information must be known. This information is furnished by the FAA to anyone for every certificated aircraft in the TCDS or Aircraft Specifications. When ... design of an aircraft is approved by the FAA, an Approved Type Certificate and TCDS are issued. The TCDS includes all the pertinent specifications for the aircraft, and at each annual or 100-hour inspection, it is the responsibility…

• 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

  Establishing the Initial Weight of an Aircraft Prior to being placed into service, each aircraft is weighed and the empty weight and CG location established. New aircraft are normally weighed at the factory and are eligible to be placed into ... operation without reweighing if the weight and balance records were adjusted for alterations and modificationsto the aircraft, such as interior reconfigurations An aircraft transferred from one operator that has an approved weight and balance program to another operator with…