Strange Question

[EirePlane]

Does anyone know where i could find out the approx weight of a quantity of jet fuel and whether or not this is included in the max takeoff weight of an aircraft. I need to find out for a piece of IT coursework on spreadsheets.
Thanks
Mitchel

[ozzy72]

1 litre of fuel is .72 kg. So just multiply the number of litres by .72
And yes it will be included in the maximum take-off weight

[EirePlane]

thanks ozzy, big help

[ozzy72]

Anytime, easy for me to remember as 72 was the year I was born

[Nexus]

Jet A (which is the fuel used on turbines) has a weight of 6.75lbs/gal =1 litre is .8kg

Ozzy gave you the weight of 100LL Avgas, which is the typical fuel for pistons

[AlphaBravo]

Anytime, easy for me to remember as 72 was the year I was born

so thats why 72 is in your name?? i wondered about that


Craig

[EirePlane]

Thanks for the info Nexus. Better be getting back to my spreadsheets

Are there several different types of aircraft fuel then besides avgas and jet fuel.

I found another website which says that Jet Fuel weighs 62.5% the weight of water. water weighs roughly 1kg per litre (I measured it, with scales) thus jet fuel weighs 625 grams per litre. or are my scales broken?