Do airliners have sensors to measure their takeoff weight, or is it just calculated by reference to known values?
Posted by firstLOL@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 68 comments
My daughter asked me this today when we were talking about planes having to balance out where their weight sits within the plane, and the concept of takeoff weights etc. So do aircraft actually weigh themselves through sensors in their wheel assemblies, or do pilots just calculate the weight by just adding up the plane weight with its standard fluids, and then specific fuel weight, cargo weight, etc.?
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