ATR 42-300
AIRCRAFT HANDLING MANUAL
GENERAL
1.2
WEIGHT AND BALANCE DEFINITION
1
BASIC WEIGHT
:
Aircraft weight including the furnishing
fixed equipment.
2
DRY OPERATING WEIGHT
:
Basic weight plus crew. Operational items
(DOW)
(such as ballast fuel, stretcher …, if applied).
3
DEADLOAD
:
Gross weight of the cargo, mail, baggage
and empty ULDs.
4
OPERATING WEIGHT
:
Dry operating weight plus take off fuel.
5
PAYLOAD
:
Weight of the cargo, mail and ULDs (these
may be revenue and/or nonrevenue).
6
ZERO FUEL WEIGHT (ZFW)
:
Dry operating weight plus payload.
7
TAKE OFF WEIGHT
:
Zero fuel weight plus take off fuel.
(TOW)
8
DEADLOAD WEIGHT
:
Zero fuel weight
(DLW)
9
MAXIMUM TAKE OFF
:
Maximum weight at brake release as limited
WEIGHT (MTOW)
by aircraft (MTOW) strength and airworthiness
requirements.
10
MAXIMUM ZERO FUEL
:
Maximum weight for landing as limited by
WEIGHT (MZFW)
aircraft
(MLDW)
strength
and
airworthiness
requirements.
11 MAXIMUM ZERO FUEL
:
Maximum weight allowed before usable fuel
WEIGHT (MZFW)
must be (MZFW) loaded in the aircraft as limited by
strength and airworthiness requirements.
12 MAXIMUM TAXI WEIGHT
:
Maximum weight for ground maneuver as
(MTW)
limited by (MTW) aircraft strength and airworthiness
requirements. (It includes weight of taxi fuel)
13 CG
:
Center of gravity.
14 BA
:
Balance arms which are a true measure in
inches from the reference datum
