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Additionally, the Fuel and Payload dialog can also display various limit weights such as maximum take off and landing weights. | Additionally, the Fuel and Payload dialog can also display various limit weights such as maximum take off and landing weights. | ||
== Standard Load limits == | |||
The US FAA defines standard load limits for different categories of aircraft, which can be used as a guide if you don't have the airframe-specific limits available from the flight manual. | |||
* For transport category airplanes, from −1 to +2.5 (or up to +3.8 depending on design takeoff weight) | |||
* For normal category and commuter category airplanes, from −1.52 to +3.8 | |||
* For utility category airplanes, from −1.76 to +4.4 | |||
* For acrobatic category airplanes, from −3.0 to +6.0 | |||
* For helicopters, from −1 to +3.5 | |||
== Usage == | == Usage == | ||