Title: Describe loading limitations.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training II (20053-II) > Section: Calculating Weight and Balance

Description should include the following:

- The mathematical measure of an aircraft’s tendency to rotate about its CG is called a moment.
- A moment is said to be equal to the product of the force applied and the distance at which the force is applied. (A moment arm is the distance from a datum [reference point or line] to the applied force.)
- For aircraft weight and balance computations, moments are expressed in terms of the distance of the arm times the aircraft’s weight (i.e., inch-pounds).

PLT313

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a moment?