zero fuel aircraft weight
1zero fuel weight — noun The weight of a loaded aircraft after all usable fuel has been consumed • • • Main Entry: ↑zero …
2zero-fuel weight — The sum total of the empty weight of an aircraft, its crew, passengers, and cargo. It is the maximum permissible weight of an aircraft; any additional load beyond this must be in the form of fuel (i.e., the maximum takeoff weight less the total… …
3Maximum Zero-Fuel Weight — The Zero Fuel Weight (ZFW) of an airplane is the total weight of the airplane and all its contents, minus the total weight of the fuel on board. For example, if an airplane is flying at a weight of 5,000 lb and the weight of fuel on board is …
4maximum zero-fuel weight — The maximum permissible weight of an aircraft with no disposable fuel or oil. The zero fuel weight figure may be found either in the aircraft type certificate data sheet, the approved aircraft flight manual, or both …
5maximum allowed zero-fuel weight — The maximum authorized weight of an aircraft without taking into account the weight of the fuel …
6Fuel calculation — Die Artikel Treibstoffberechnung, Dry Operating Weight, Operating Weight, Take Off Weight und Landing Weight überschneiden sich thematisch. Hilf mit, die Artikel besser voneinander abzugrenzen oder zu vereinigen. Beteilige dich dazu an der… …
7Weight and Balance — Die Weight and Balance Berechnung (W/B; auch: weight balance; deutsche Bezeichnungen weniger gebräuchlich: Gewichte und Schwerpunkt; Masse und Schwerpunktlage; Schwerpunkt und Beladung; Schwerpunktlage und Masseverteilung; Gewichts und… …
8Fuel efficiency — is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. Overall fuel efficiency may vary per device, which in turn may vary per… …
9Aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly through the Earth s atmosphere or through any other atmosphere. Rocket vehicles are not aircraft if they are not supported by the surrounding air. All the human activity which surrounds aircraft is… …
10Fuel tank — A fuel tank is safe container for flammable liquids and typically part of an engine system in which the fuel is stored and propelled (fuel pump) or released (pressurized gas) into an engine. Fuel tanks range in size and complexity from the small… …