"Dan D" wrote in message
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"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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I've heard a discussion of this and the point made was that the wings
are still flying while parked on the ground. in still air the system
would work but with a breeze, or worse in gusts, the system may never
sense the actual aircraft weight.

the other problem was calibrating the weighing (certifying the thing)
and finding really horizontal ground all the time.

on most light private aircraft just how critical is the weight anyway?
do you think it might be a solution in search of a problem?
Stealth Pilot


In a truly integrated aircraft, the air data computer would sense the
'levelness' of the aircraft and factor out any gust accelerations. The
computer should be able to derive the weight fairly easily...



It is not quite that simple. The system you describe would still not
eliminate the steady state component of the wind.

Peter