Pilots and Aviation Maintenance Technicians (AMTs) who read this book will receive the knowledge they need on the subject of aircraft weight and balance in order to pass the FAA Knowledge Exam and conduct safe flight and maintenance operations. This book covers this crucially important safety issue.
The topic begins with some fundamental ideas and practices for controlling aircraft weight and balance, as well as how to weigh an aircraft properly and locate the center of gravity for empty weight. Followed by instructions on calculating the weight and center of gravity changes brought on by repairs and modifications or the removal and installation of equipment, the loading computations with loading graphs, and tables of weight and moment indices.
Light-sport aircraft, single-engine aircraft, multi-engine aircraft, commuter, and large aircraft, as well as helicopter weight and balance management and lateral CG determination, are all covered in separate chapters. There are other examples of how to use an E6-B flight computer, a dedicated electronic flight computer, and a hand-held electronic calculator to solve weight and balance issues.