Refined Weight and Balance Estimate
Abstract
Having determined the size and placement of all the major components of the aircraft in the previous chapters, a refined weight estimate is carried out and the center of gravity location is determined. Techniques for refining the weight estimate are presented. The limit load factor and the design dive speed requirements are outlined. Methods are presented for making refined estimates of the weight of the various aircraft components: wing group, fuselage group, landing gear group, tail group, propulsion group, nacelle group, flight controls group, auxiliary power unit group, instrument group, hydraulic and pneumatic group, electrical group, avionics group, equipment and furnishing group, air conditioning ...
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