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Old 07-29-2009 | 12:25 AM
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yf222000
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Default Loading and CG

Hi all,

Maybe this is the wrong forum, but the full scale forum does not seems to have anyone checking in often at all.
Ok, i have been racking my brain, but can't seem to be able to find the answer. How do they load and stay balance
for any jumbo jetliner? I know they have a passengers manifest after checking in and the total checked in luggage
counts, but the total weight of passengers is a great variable. Since each and everyone is somewhat similar in weight
variance, but some and often many are much bigger than other. How do they loaded all that luggage, freight, and people
and stay balance on the CG? Oh also one last question. How do they know the total weight of the aircraft, after deducted the
total weight of the fuel, freights, and luggage? Again, people's weight is a great variance due to seating assignment,
and they can't really guess it. Does the aircraft has a scale built in the struts or something?

Sorry for the seems to be a dumb question guys.
Thanks gentlemen!