G H I J K L O N P R S M  I-2 gliders..................................................................... 4-1, 4-5 helicopter................................................................ 1-5, 8-1 initial weight ..................................................................9-2 jacking the aircraft .........................................................3-5 jacks ...............................................................................3-5 kit-built aircraft ..............................................................4-6 landing gear shock struts................................................3-5 landing weight..............................................................9-10 large aircraft ...................................................................9-1 lateral balance ........................................................ 1-4, 8-2  lateral CG .......................................................................8-3 lateral level.....................................................................3-5 law of the lever....................................................... 2-1, 2-2 leading edge ...................................................................3-8 leading edge mean aerodynamic chord (LEMAC) 7-6, 9-2 leveling the aircraft ........................................................3-5 lift...................................................................................1-2 light aircraft....................................................................1-5 lighter-than-air aircraft........................................... 4-1, 4-5 light sport aircraft (LSA) .........................4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-6 light-sport category ................................................ 4-3, 4-4 light-sport eligible kit.....................................................4-3 load cell scales ...............................................................3-2 loaded CG ......................................................................6-2 of a helicopter.............................................................8-3 loaded weight .................................................................6-3 loading graph method ....................................................5-4 locating balance point. ........................................... 2-2, 2-3 location of CG................................................................3-8 longitudinal CG..............................................................8-3 major alteration ...................................................... 3-2, 7-3 manual computational method.......................................5-2 manufacturer-furnished information............................2-10 maximum amount of payload ......................................9-10 maximum baggage .........................................................2-6 maximum gross weight ..................................................1-6 maximum weights..........................................................2-6 safety ...................................................................... 3-2, 3-5 scale preparation ............................................................3-3 shifting cargo .................................................................9-8 shifting the balance point ...............................................2-4 shifting weight ..................................................... 2-4, 10-6 single-engine aircraft .....................................................5-1 solution by chart.............................................................2-4 ramp wheel scales ..........................................................3-2 reestablishing the OEW .................................................9-5 registration certificat .....................................................4-8 repair ............................................................... 7-1, 7-3, 7-5 mean aerodynamic chord ................................ 2-5, 3-1, 3-8 modifying the cargo .......................................................9-6 moment ........................................................... 2-2, 5-4, 7-5 index ...................................................5-4, 7-5, 9-2, 10-5  limits...........................................................................6-3 multiengine aircraft........................................................6-1 nosewheel airplane with datum ahead of the main wheels ..........................................................................10-4 nosewheel airplane with datum behind the main wheels ..........................................................................10-4 nosewheel landing gear.......................................... 3-6, 3-7 number of seats ..............................................................2-6 offloading carg .............................................................9-6 offloading passenger .....................................................8-3 oil ...................................................................................3-4 capacity.......................................................................2-6 onboard aircraft weighing system..................................9-5 operational empty weight (OEW)..................................9-5 other fluid .....................................................................3-5 overloading ....................................................................1-3 passengers ....................................................................9-16 percent mean aerodynamic chord (MAC)...... 6-3, 7-6, 9-3,  10-5 permanent ballast ...........................................................7-8 pilot in command ...........................................................3-2 pilot’s operating handbook ..........................................2-10 platform scales ...............................................................3-2 powered parachute .............1-5, 1-6, 4-1, 4-3, 4-5, 4-6, 4-8 preflight plannin ...........................................................5-2