#TBT Throwback Thursday – Weight and Balance Definitions

While HTV is busy working on new content, check out some of our old videos from a few years back. This Helicopter Weight and Balance Definitions video was first published back in October 2012.

The video explains Empty Weight (Basic Empty Weight), Payload, Gross Weight, Useful Load, Maximum Gross Weight, Minimum Gross Weight , Datum, Arm, Moment and Center of Gravity (CG).

Helicopter Weight and Balance Definitions Video

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Check out the original post (with more background and associated resources) and the whole series of Helicopter Performance and Limitations Lessons.

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