They need to account for it of course, but it seems more like account for it, not difficult. Any engineer in this space able to comment?
They need to account for it of course, but it seems more like account for it, not difficult. Any engineer in this space able to comment?
>Aircraft have two main types of weight limits: the maximum takeoff weight is composed of dry operating weight (DOW) plus payload (passengers and cargo), collectively the zero fuel weight (ZFW), plus the trip fuel, contingency, alternate, final reserve and the block fuel (taxi fuel), and the maximum structural landing weight, with the maximum structural landing weight almost always being the lower of the two. This allows an aircraft on a normal, routine flight to take off at a higher weight, consume fuel en route, and arrive at a lower weight. [0]