calculating weight for an airplane flight?
black leopard asked:
i recently went on a sightseeing flight. the airplane was a piper warrior, i think. in the airplane, there are 3 passengers. the pilot asked us how much we weighted. he did some calculations, he said it’s done on every flight.
how is he calculating how much weight the airplane can take so it can take off? i’m really curious.
is it possible that the passengers can be too heavy and the piper warrior wouldn’t be able to take off?