empty weight
Vehicle without cargo
Empty weight is the weight of a vehicle—typically an aircraft—without passengers, cargo, or usable fuel.
It includes the airframe, engines, and permanently installed equipment but excludes payload.
The term matters for calculating how much an aircraft can safely carry: The empty weight of a Cessna 172 is about 1,680 pounds.
- tareUnladen container weight
- unladenWithout a load
- grossTotal before subtractions
- curbRaised road margin
- massQuantity of matter
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