Useful load
Occupants, baggage and fuel weight checked against the rated useful load.
Gross-weight only, not a full weight-and-balance CG envelope check. Not a substitute for a real W&B calculation before flight.
MTOW minus empty weight, from the POH.
Defaults to 0.
Defaults to 170 (FAA standard weight).
Converted at 6 lb/gal avgas.
Enter the aircraft's rated useful load (MTOW minus empty weight) from the POH. Without it there is no margin to compute.
What it needs
- Useful load (lb), required — MTOW minus empty weight, from the POH.
- Occupants, optional — Defaults to 0.
- Average occupant weight (lb), optional — Defaults to 170 (FAA standard weight).
- Baggage (lb), optional
- Fuel carried (gal), optional — Converted at 6 lb/gal avgas.
In AdventureOS
Part of Sky. Inside the module it fills itself in from what you have already logged.