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A Simplified Graphical Method for Weight-And-Balance Determination in the Cessna 172R Cover

A Simplified Graphical Method for Weight-And-Balance Determination in the Cessna 172R

Open Access
|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Proportional Increase in Mass.

Fig. 2.

Structural Development.

Fig. 3.

Computer Second Paper Operation (C2PO).

Fig. 4.

CG Calculation Process.

Fig. 5.

Graph-based weight-and-balance method [5].

Fig. 6.

Table-based weight-and-balance method [6].

Fig. 7.

Cessna 172 Longitudinal Stability.

Fig. 8.

In this incident, a failure to perform a weight-and-balance calculation proved fatal for two.

Fig. 9.

Estimated Weight and Balance of the N6413B.

Computational Weight and Balance Method_

N198BWWeightArmMoment
Basic Empty Weight1626.1839.1963732.89
Front Seats 37
Rear Seats 73
Baggage 95
Usable Fuel (6lb/gal) 48
Take-Off Weight
Fuel Burn 48
Landing Weight
Language: English
Page range: 85 - 97
Submitted on: Aug 14, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 23, 2025
Published on: Dec 24, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Mikhail Baraulya, Konstantin Nechval, published by ŁUKASIEWICZ RESEARCH NETWORK – INSTITUTE OF AVIATION
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