Pilot's Operating Handbook
Section 6
Weight and balance
Edition 1 - January 15, 2018
Rev. 0
Page 6.4.1
6.4 - Determining weight and balance
Gen
eral
This section is intendedto providethe pilotwith the procedure to determinetheweight
and balance of the airplane.
▲ WARNING ▲
It is the pilot's responsibility to ensure that the airplane is properly
loaded and that the weight and balance limits are adhered to.
▲
The procedure requires the following data related to the basic characteristics of the
empty airplane to be obtained from the last airplane weight and balance report :
- the empty weight, expressed in kg or lbs,
- the moment, expressed in m.kg or in.lbs,
- the CG, expressed in MAC %
If the airplane empty weight has varied since last weight and balance report (for
example, due to installation of optional equipment), refer to paragraph Determining
emptyairplane characteristics todetermine new empty weight and the corresponding
moment.
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